comfortable
//ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- comfortabler
- Superlative
- comfortablest
- Plural
- comfortables
Definitions
1.Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
- This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.
- We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
2.In a state of comfort and content.
- What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.
3.Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
- This is a comfortable chair.
4.Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
- The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.
- A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
1.A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1833
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter.
By surface analysis, comfort + -able.