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Dictionary

com•fort•a•ble

Pronunciation: (kumf'tu-bul, kum'fur-tu-bul), [key]
—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.
Chiefly Northern U.S.a quilted bedcover; comforter.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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