comfyadj.
/ˈkʌmfi/, U.S. /ˈkəmfi/ = comfortable adj. 7a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective]
snug1630
cosy1728
comfortable1770
comfy1829
podded1889
on (also in) (the) plush1911
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > comfortable (of conditions or way of life)
easyc1380
easefulc1425
commodiousa1528
commoditious1574
carpeta1639
large1722
snug1766
comfortable1769
liveable1794
comfy1829
featherbed-campaigner1888
rose water1889
1829 Hist. Little Louisa 82 I am saving up my money to buy them two blankets, and then they will be much more comfy.
1888 R. Kipling Friend's Friend in Plain Tales from Hills 230 I..found my guest put to bed on some rolled-up carpets, all comfy.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Nov. 3/2 A ‘comfy’ paletot for a little girl.
1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 50 We might sit in that comfy window-seat and talk.
1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 57 I arrived here safely in excellent time after quite a comfy journey.
1917 M. Sinclair Tree of Heaven xx You can't expect us to fight so comfy, and to be killed so comfy, if we know our womenkind are being pounded to bits in the ground we've just cleared.
1928 E. Wallace Again Three Just Men i. 33 I am in London, which is delightfully capitalistic and comfy.
1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 26 Crochet-look tights... Comfy, elastic waist.
Derivatives
ˈcomfily adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb]
softOE
at likinga1398
commodiously1420
beinly?a1500
at home1531
in sufficiencec1550
softly1567
snugly1590
easefully1611
comfortably1634
cosily1721
lown1724
snug1766
lownly1788
tosh1808
comfily1917
1917 M. Sinclair Tree of Heaven xvi Not insanely happy..but quietly, comfily happy.
1933 W. de la Mare Lord Fish 182 Let's sit down here comfily on the stones.
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adj.1829