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adjective

Comfortable adj.

Strong; vigorous; valiant. (Obs.) "Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end."

Serviceable; helpful. (Obs.) "Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her."

Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." "A comfortable provision made for their subsistence."

In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life. "My lord leans wondrously to discontent; His comfortable temper has forsook him: He is much out of health."

Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; used of a sick person. (U. S.)

noun

Comfortable n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. (U. S.)

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"Comfortable" Quotes from Famous Books

... useful sometimes, when he was busy in the next room, not to have to go upstairs for a handkerchief or a more comfortable coat." ...

— The Red House Mystery • A. A. Milne

... off to pick flowers, or play at brigands among the trees, he always made the Rabbit a little nest somewhere among the bracken, where he would be quite cosy, for he was a kind-hearted little boy and he liked Bunny to be comfortable. One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken ...

— The Velveteen Rabbit • Margery Williams

... who has read a great deal of art criticism, and been deeply impressed by it. She has made her house famous by bringing there all the clever people she meets, and making them so comfortable that they take care to come again. But she has not, fortunately for her, allowed her craze for art to get the better of her common-sense. She married a prosperous man of business, who probably never read anything but a newspaper since he left school; and there is probably not a happier pair ...

— Cashel Byron's Profession • George Bernard Shaw

... chillun. Dan, name for me, is at Concord, N.C. Oscar is in Concord, N.C. Lucinda marry a Haltiwanger and is comfortable in Baltimore, Md. Aurelia marry a Williams and is in Baltimore. Henrietta marry a Sawney and is in Charlotte, N.C. Lilly marry Jim Cason and live right in Winnsboro, in de house I have a ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves • Works Projects Administration

... sat down before a large fire, which helped to spread their ecstasy around. They remained always ready to begin eating, seeing that they only thought of gazing into each other's eyes, and never touched a dish. Just as they were beginning to feel comfortable and at their ease, there came a great noise at Madame's door, as if people were beating against ...

— Droll Stories, Volume 1 • Honore de Balzac

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