comf

Adjective

comfortable (comparative comfortabler or more comfortable, superlative comfortablest or most comfortable)

1. Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
   • This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.
2. In a state of comfort and content.
   • What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.
3. Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
   • Time spent waiting offshore / The calm before the storm / My take from you is simple / So heal your fear / To heal your fear / You're such a comfortable liar2002 October 8, “Comfortable Liar”, in Wonder What's Next, performed by Chevelle
4. Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
   • A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
5. (obsolete) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
   • he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi[…].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

   Synonyms:

   comforting, comfy, cozy, eathful, restful, snug, cushy, safe

6. (obsolete) Strong; vigorous; valiant.
   • Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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