armchaired

Adjective

armchaired (not comparable)

1. Furnished with armchairs.
   • Tiers of grandstands with comfortable plush-covered armchaired seats will surround the “Dress Circle,” whilst the “mournful silence of the fells” will be drowned by the droning of the day-trip aeroplanes encircling our summits, from Blackpool and the Isle of Man.1931, The Journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District, volume 9
   • It must be one of the most comfortable dancehalls in Munster, with recent conversions providing an armchaired lounge and balcony, where everybody watched the Rowan and Martin laugh-in on television for half an hour or so.2003, Elgy Gillespie, Changing the Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981
2. Seated in an armchair.
   • There comfortably armchaired before the fire, a candle and snuffers by his side, in his hand the last number of the Ipswiclz journal, sat Mr. Abel Gooding, the picture of complacency and affected self-immolation.1900, Matilda Betham-Edwards, A Suffolk Courtship, page 58
   • Conversation of this type, comfortably fed and armchaired men discussing in the presence of deferential wives, was the recreation of his less frivolous leisure.1925, Dorothy Miller Richardson, The Trap, page 205
3. Based on general knowledge or theory rather than data.
   • Often these problems are sequential in that the student's decision on one problem affects his analysis of the next one. Cases can also be classified by source as armchaired, published source, or field.1974, James Don Edwards, Accounting education: problems and prospects, page 330
   • An armchaired, or generalized experience, case is created by the author.1989, Gary N. McLean, Muzaffer Ahmad, Bangladesh case studies in business management, page 408