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comfortableness

American  
[kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl-nis, kuhmf-ter-buhl-nis] / ˈkʌm fər tə bəl nɪs, ˈkʌmf tər bəl nɪs /
Also comfortability

noun

  1. the quality of being comfortable or of affording ease or comfort, whether physical or emotional.

    These pants are made of smooth pure cotton for optimum comfortableness and movability.

    In the film, the conversation about sexuality took place in such a non-shaming way—I loved the comfortableness between the girl and her mother.


Etymology

Origin of comfortableness

comfortable ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

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I think there’s a range of comfortableness in a voice.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

"But that comfortableness gets tested on Friday morning."

From BBC Sep. 11, 2024

The governor said provisions in the criminal code on this issue had been altered from an earlier, stricter version so "would provide a better guarantee of everyone's privacy and comfortableness."

From Reuters Dec. 12, 2022

“And then years later I saw him and I was immediately blown away by his poise, his comfortableness with the crowd. If it got a little silent, he’d just stay with what he was doing.”

From Washington Post Jun. 10, 2020

Sins of that kind affected the reputation of her mansion, and jarred, moreover, on her sense of comfortableness.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone

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