comfortable

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmf(ə)təb(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1(especially of clothes or furnishings) providing physical ease and relaxation: comfortable sturdy shoes relax in a comfortable chair
  • (of a person) physically relaxed and free from constraint: he would not be comfortable in any other clothes
  • (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 few of us are comfortable with confrontations
  • free from financial worry; having an adequate standard of living: the Rector enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle with plenty of servants
  • 2as large as is needed or wanted: a comfortable income
  • with a wide margin: a comfortable victory

noun

US dialect
  • a warm quilt.

Derivatives

comfortableness

noun

comfortably

adverb

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'pleasant, pleasing'): from Anglo-Norman French confortable, from conforter 'to comfort' (see comfort)