COMFORTABLE, COMFORTABLY
ADJECTIVES
► AT EASE IN ONE’S INN thoroughly comfortable and at home → 1885
► BEIN ► BIEN comfortable, comfortably furnished → 1533 Sc.
► BINNER more comfortable → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOXED-UP comfortable, content → 1990 UK sl.
► CANNY comfortable, quiet, easy, snug, pleasant, cosy → 1758 Sc.
► COBBY comfortable, snug; neat, symmetrical → 19C Eng. dial.
► COMFORTABLE AS A BEE ON A RASHER OF WATERMELON very comfortable → 1890 Amer. dial.
► COMFORTABLE AS PIGS IN SHIT extremely comfortable → L19 colloq.
► COMFY comfortable → E19 colloq.
► COSH sheltered, snug, comfortable → 1774 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► COUTH comfortable, snug, cosy → 1749 Sc.
► CUSHIONY comfortable, easy → 1908
► CUSHY comfortable, pleasant; esp. used of accommodation → 1915 colloq.
► EASEFUL comfortable, soothing; that gives comfort, ease, or relief; quiet, peaceful, restful → 1375
► EATH ► EITH comfortable, at ease, free from pain → 1205 obs.
► EATHFUL comfortable → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OK ► OK ABOUT ► OKAY ► OKAY ABOUT ► OKAY WITH ► OKEY ABOUT ► OKEY WITH ► OK WITH comfortable, at ease with → 1978 US sl.
► ON EASY STREET living a comfortable, secure life → L19 sl.
► POVIE comfortable, snug, well-off: applied to living → 1841 Sc.
► PURRY resembling purring; hence, comfortable, contented → 1818
► RIGHT in good health and spirits; sound, well, comfortable → 1787
► SNOD comfortable, snug, cosy → 1695 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG extremely comfortable → M18 sl.
► SNUG AS A PIG IN PEASE-STRAW extremely comfortable → M17 sl.
► SNUG AS OLD PAMP extremely comfortable → L19 sl.
► UNZIPPED comfortable → 1971 US students’ sl.
► WAFFY comfortable → 2003 US sl.
ADVERBS
► BEENLIE ► BEINLY ► BIENLY comfortably, pleasantly, cosily → 1450 Sc.
► BINGLY comfortably → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CANNILY comfortably; gently, softly → 1636 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► EASEFULLY comfortably, idly → 1611
► FAT comfortably → 1903 sl.
NOUNS
► BED OF DOWN a comfortable or easy position; a delightful resting-place → 1604
► BED OF FLOWERS a comfortable or easy position; a delightful resting-place → 1777
► BED OF ROSES a comfortable or easy position; a delightful resting-place → 1806
► COUNTRY CLUB anything that appears to be relatively comfortable and undemanding → 1973 US sl.
► SNUGGERY a comfortable, snug, or cosy room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet → 1815
NOUNS – PERSON
► PIG IN CLOVER a comfortable, privileged or contented person, esp. one who conspicuously enjoys wealth, food, etc. → 1795
PHRASES
► ON THE SHEEP’S BACK living very comfortably or securely → 1923 Aust. & NZ sl.
VERBS
► BE LAUGHING \to be comfortable, safe, fortunate; hence, to be winning → 1915 World War I Brit. usage, colloq.
► LIE IN LAVENDER to lie snugly and comfortably → 1848 Ireland
► LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG ► LIVE HIGH ON THE HOG to live a comfortable, secure, and well-off life → 1940 sl., orig. US
► SNUGIFY to make comfortable or snug → 1796
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