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COMFORTABLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In financial comfort
Example:
she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
Synonyms:
comfortably; well
Classified under:
Pertainym:
comfortable (in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In mental comfort; without stress
Example:
he works comfortably on three continents
Classified under:
Pertainym:
comfortable (free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In physical comfort
Example:
she could have been lying comfortably in bed getting the same relief
Classified under:
Adverbs
Antonym:
uncomfortably (in physical discomfort)
Pertainym:
comfortable (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))
Context examples:
Let us take bath, and dress, and have breakfast which we all need, and which we can eat comfortably since he be not in the same land with us.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Several of these variants rest comfortably among locations and pathways already known to be related to sleep and circadian rhythms.
(Can't Sleep? Could Be Down to Genetics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The day had been long and arduous, and he slept soundly and comfortably, though he growled and barked and wrestled with bad dreams.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Reader, though I look comfortably accommodated, I am not very tranquil in my mind.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
At a little later period he began to make impassioned pleas for death, to beg her to kill him, to beg Hans to put him our of his misery so that he might at least rest comfortably.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
This, however, was no evil to Elizabeth, and upon the whole she spent her time comfortably enough; there were half-hours of pleasant conversation with Charlotte, and the weather was so fine for the time of year that she had often great enjoyment out of doors.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The kindness, the earnestness of Eleanor's manner in pressing her to stay, and Henry's gratified look on being told that her stay was determined, were such sweet proofs of her importance with them, as left her only just so much solicitude as the human mind can never do comfortably without.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
They remained together at the otherwise deserted card-table, talking very comfortably, and not thinking of the rest, till some of the rest began to think of them.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“We can talk it over more comfortably at home,” said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I'm too tired to go this afternoon," replied Meg, rocking comfortably as she sewed.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
