comfortable
Americanadjective
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(of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease.
a comfortable chair;
comfortable shoes.
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being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at ease.
to be comfortable in new shoes;
I don't feel comfortable in the same room with her.
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(of a person, situation, etc.) producing mental comfort or ease; easy to accommodate oneself to or associate with.
She's a comfortable person to be with.
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more than adequate or sufficient.
a comfortable salary.
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Obsolete. cheerful.
noun
adjective
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giving comfort or physical relief
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at ease
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free from affliction or pain
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(of a person or situation) relaxing
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informal having adequate income
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informal (of income) adequate to provide comfort
Other Word Forms
- comfortability noun
- comfortableness noun
- comfortably adverb
- quasi-comfortable adjective
- quasi-comfortably adverb
- supercomfortable adjective
Etymology
Origin of comfortable
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Anglo-French word confortable. See comfort, -able
Example Sentences
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This combination — $39,000 from the portfolio plus $48,000 from Social Security — provides about $87,000 in annual retirement income, which can support a comfortable lifestyle for many couples, especially those without mortgage payments.
From MarketWatch
Google famously exited the Chinese internet search market in 2010 after deciding it wasn’t comfortable censoring results to abide by the government’s censorship rules.
Only after having kept her story “under wraps for decades” did she feel comfortable opening up about what she had kept within for so long.
While players "have a view" on issues, Molango said, they are often discussed "behind the scenes" until they feel comfortable speaking publicly.
From BBC
The machine that X-rayed her breast was more comfortable than the cold hard contraption she remembered.
From Los Angeles Times
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