comfortably

English

Etymology

From comfortable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmftɚbli/, /ˈkʌmfɚtəbli/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli/
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  • Hyphenation: com‧fort‧ably

Adverb

comfortably (comparative more comfortably, superlative most comfortably)

  1. In a comfortable manner.
    I snuggled comfortably into the blankets.
    • 1955 February, E. J. Tyler and J. Quanjer, “The Steam Locomotive in Holland 1919-1954”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:
      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.
    • 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      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.

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