Comfortable

//ˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

    "This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in."

  2. 2
    In a state of comfort and content.

    "What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here."

  3. 3
    Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
  4. 4
    Amply sufficient, satisfactory.

    "A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich."

  5. 5
    Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. obsolete

    "he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi[…]."

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  1. 6
    Strong; vigorous; valiant. obsolete

    "Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end."

  2. 7
    Serviceable; helpful. obsolete

    "Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her."

Adjective
  1. 1
    providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (‘comfy’ is informal) wordnet
  2. 2
    free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind wordnet
  3. 3
    in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich wordnet
  4. 4
    sufficient to provide comfort wordnet
  5. 5
    having a wide margin wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter. US

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

Etymology 2

From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

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