comfortably
English
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From comfortable + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmftɚbli/, /ˈkʌmfɚtəbli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: com‧fort‧ably
Adverb
[edit]comfortably (comparative more comfortably, superlative most comfortably)
- In a comfortable manner.
- I snuggled comfortably into the blankets.
- 1955 February, E. J. Tyler and J. Quanjer, “The Steam Locomotive in Holland 1919-1954”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:
- Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion.
- Easily; without effort or difficulty.
- 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 21 August 2022:
- 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 23 July 2025:
- A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.
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[edit]in a comfortable manner
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