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[ kuhmf -tuh -buh l, kuhm -fer-tuh -buh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkʌmf tə bəl, ˈkʌm fər tə bəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at ease: to be comfortable in new shoes; I don't feel comfortable in the same room with her.
(of a person, situation, etc.) producing mental comfort or ease; easy to accommodate oneself to or associate with: She's a comfortable person to be with.
more than adequate or sufficient: a comfortable salary.
Obsolete . cheerful.
noun Chiefly Northern U.S. a quilted bedcover; comforter.
Origin of comfortable First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Anglo-French word confortable. See comfort, -able
OTHER WORDS FROM comfortable com·fort·a·ble·ness, com·fort·a·bil·i·ty, noun com·fort·a·bly, adverb qua·si-com·fort·a·ble, adjective qua·si-com·fort·a·bly, adverb
su·per·com·fort·a·ble, adjective
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Words nearby comfortable come what may, come with the territory, COMEX, comfit, comfort, comfortable , comfort animal, comforter, comfort food, comforting, comfort letter
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It was a plain, comfortable place, wainscoted about, with shelves and lockers in the whimsical copy of a vessel's cabin.
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The pocket in the hills in which they lay was surely a safe and comfortable place, and one need be in no hurry to abandon it.
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To my surprise, he informed me that Mr. Fielding Thaneford had passed a comfortable night and was better.
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It seemed like saying "could you be comfortable without your right hand?"
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It has made me quite as happy to get this barge for you, and to make it comfortable , as it can do you both to receive it.
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British Dictionary definitions for comfortable / (ˈkʌmftəbə l , ˈkʌmfətəbə l ) /
adjective giving comfort or physical relief
at ease
free from affliction or pain
(of a person or situation) relaxing
informal having adequate income
informal (of income) adequate to provide comfort
Derived forms of comfortable comfortableness , noun comfortably , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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