comfortable

comfortable
comfortableness, comfortability, n.comfortably, adv.
/kumf"teuh beuhl, kum"feuhr teuh beuhl/, adj.
1. (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
2. being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at ease: to be comfortable in new shoes; I don't feel comfortable in the same room with her.
3. (of a person, situation, etc.) producing mental comfort or ease; easy to accommodate oneself to or associate with: She's a comfortable person to be with.
4. more than adequate or sufficient: a comfortable salary.
5. Obs. cheerful.
n.
6. Chiefly Northern U.S. a quilted bedcover; comforter.
[1350-1400; ME < AF confortable. See COMFORT, -ABLE]

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