comfortable
English
Adjective
(en-adj)
(lb) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
*, 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 .
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:a comfortable provision made for their subsistence
Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, passage=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.
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*, chapter=8
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=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.}}
In a state of comfort and content.
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*:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
(lb) Strong; vigorous; valiant.
:(Wyclif)
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable ; hold death a while at the arm's end.
(lb) Serviceable; helpful.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Synonyms
* comforting, comfy, cozy, eathful, restful, snug, cushy
* (safely reliable) safe
Antonyms
* comfortless, uncomfortable
Derived terms
* comfortability
* comfortable in one's own skin
* comfortableness
* comfortably
* comfy
Related terms
* comforter
* discomfort