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   comfortable

   /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbl/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of clothes or furnishings) providing physical ease and relaxation: "comfortable sturdy shoes" Similar cosysnugwarmpleasantenjoyableagreeablecongenialplushwell furnishedshelteredsecuresaferestfulhome-likehomelyinformal:comfysnugglyOpposite spartan
   • ▪ (of a person) physically relaxed and free from constraint: "he would not be comfortable in any other clothes" Similar looseloose-fittingcasualroomysoftslouchyinformal:comfyOpposite uncomfortabletight
   • ▪ (of a hospital patient) not in pain or in danger: "he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital"
   • ▪ free from stress or tension: "they appear very comfortable in each other's company" Similar at easeat one's easerelaxedreassuredconfidentsecuresafeserenetranquilunworriedcontentedhappyOpposite vulnerablethreatenedunsettledtense
   • ▪ free from financial worry; having an adequate standard of living: "the Rector enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle with plenty of servants" Similar pleasantfree from hardshipwell offwell-to-doaffluentluxuriousgraciousopulentelegantOpposite hard
   • 2. as large as is needed or wanted: "a comfortable income"
   • ▪ with a wide margin: "a comfortable victory"

   noun

   • 1. a warm quilt. dialect US

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasant, pleasing’): from Anglo-Norman French confortable, from conforter ‘to comfort’ (see comfort).

   Derivatives

   • 1. comfortableness noun

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