COMFORTABLE


Meaning of COMFORTABLE in English

— 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 confortable. See COMFORT, -ABLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .