comfortable
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comfortable (comparative comfortabler or more comfortable, superlative comfortablest or most comfortable)
- (obsolete) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. [14th-19th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.6.ii:
- 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 [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.6.ii:
- Amply sufficient, satisfactory. [from 17th c.]
- A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
- The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.
- 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:
- When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.
- Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]
- This is the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.
- In a state of comfort and content. [from 18th c.]
- I'll be quite comfortable here, what a great guestroom!
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providing comfort and ease; agreeable
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Enjoying comfort
leaving little risk, safely reliable
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Noun [edit]
comfortable (plural comfortables)