comfortably
adverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli//
- United States//ˈkʌmftɚbli//
- United States//ˈkʌmfɚtəbli//
In a comfortable manner.
adverb
- 1
In a comfortable manner.
I snuggled comfortably into the blankets.
Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion.
- 2
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
Messi was the next to test Cech with a header from Sanchez's cross, the Chelsea keeper gathering the effort comfortably as Barcelona once more failed to produce the final touch to accompany their artistic approach work.
Etymology
Etymology tree English comfortable Middle English -ly English -ly English comfortably From comfortable + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more comfortably
- superlative
- most comfortably