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comfortable

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com·fort·a·ble  (kmfr-t-bl, kmft-bl, kmftr-)
adj.
1. Providing physical comfort: a comfortable chair.
2. Free from stress or anxiety; at ease: not comfortable about the interview.
3. Producing feelings of ease or security: a comfortable person; a comfortable evening at home.
4. Sufficient to provide financial security: comfortable earnings.

comfort·a·ble·ness n.
comfort·a·bly adv.
Synonyms: comfortable, cozy, snug1, restful
These adjectives mean affording ease of mind or body. Comfortable implies the absence of sources of pain or distress: wears comfortable clothes.
The word may also suggest peace of mind: felt comfortable with the decision.
Cozy suggests homey and reassuring ease: sat in a cozy nook near the fire.
Snug brings to mind the image of a warm, secure, compact shelter: children snug in their beds.
Restful suggests a quiet conducive to tranquillity: spent a restful hour reading.

comfortable
Adjective
1. giving comfort; relaxing
2. free from trouble or pain
3. Informal well-off financially
4. not afraid or embarrassed: he was not comfortable expressing sympathy
comfortably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.comfortable - providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal); "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
uncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
2.comfortable - free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind; "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents"
easy - free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words"
uncomfortable - conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"
3.comfortable - more than adequate; "the home team had a comfortable lead"
wide - great in degree; "won by a wide margin"
4.comfortable - sufficient to provide comfort; "a comfortable salary"
sufficient - of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"
5.comfortablecomfortable - in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
rich - possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"

comfortable
adjective 1. loose-fitting, loose, adequate, ample, snug, roomy, commodious << OPPOSITE tight-fitting
adjective 3. at ease, happy, at home, contented, relaxed, serene << OPPOSITE uncomfortable
adjective 4. (Informal) well-off, prosperous, affluent, well-to-do, comfortably-off, in clover (informal)
Translations
comfortable [ˈkʌmfətəbl] adjcómodo; [income] → adecuado; [majority] → suficiente;
I don't feel very comfortable about it → la cosa me tiene algo preocupado
comfortable [ˈkʌmfətəbl] comfort adjconfortable; [person] → à l'aise;
(financially) → aisé(e); [patient] → dont l'état est stationnaire;
I don't feel very comfortable about it → cela m'inquiète un peu
comfortable [ˈkʌmfətəbl] comfort adjbequem;
(room) → komfortabel;
(walk, climb etc) → geruhsam;
(income) → ausreichend;
(majority) → sicher;
to be comfortable comfort (physically) → sich wohlfühlen;
(financially) → sehr angenehm leben;
the patient is comfortable comfort → dem Patienten geht es den Umständen entsprechend gut;
I don't feel very comfortable about it comfort → mir ist nicht ganz wohl bei der Sache
comfortable [ˈkʌmfətəbl] adjcomodo/a; [income, majority] → più che sufficiente;
I don't feel very comfortable about it → non mi sento molto tranquillo


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But the warm fall weather passed, and on bitter nights of frost or damp nights of drizzle, the street corner was not a comfortable meeting-place.
Twenty years before, when Dolly was a child, the lodge had been roomy and comfortable, though, like all lodges, it stood sideways to the entrance avenue, and faced the south.
If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more.
 
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