comfortable

Definition

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

Etymology

From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here."

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