comfortability
/ˌkʌmfɚtəˈbɪlɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""I must introduce you," said Mr. Griffiths, when he called on me one morning, "to a countryman of mine, who now rivals Foneron in giving dinners; but whose luxurious extravagance bids fair soon to eclipse the unostentatious comfortability of Foneron's Friday parties.""
- "When these elegancies and comfortabilities were suitably disposed—as, you may be sure, they were that very evening—the little reception-room was, so Mrs. Green declared, quite the 'genteelest' in Wickham."
- "If so many husbands arrive at conjugal peace by pleasant gradations, and wear so gracefully the imaginary insignia of matrimonial power, their philosophical demeanor is upheld doubtless by the comfortability of certain compensations, which idlers cannot appreciate."
- "The foregoing and other objects and advantages are attained, according to the present invention, by an air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle comprising: […] control means for setting a target outlet air temperature and a target outlet air volume of the apparatus; wherein said control means includes comfortability index setting means for setting a comfortability index which is a function of operating conditions including at least an outlet air temperature and an outlet air volume and which is an indication representing a degree of a passenger's comfort; […]"
- "The performance time was measured and the comfortability level was asked at the end of the experiment."
- "The shapes of the pottery on the other hand seem to be classic forms and principally the same as the ostrogothic Kiev-forms. Accordingly it deals with a continuous adaptation to the comfortabilities of the Roman civilisation."
Etymology
From comfort + -ability (suffix forming nouns from verbs, denoting an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified function or condition), or comfortable + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the property, quality, or state of conforming to [the meaning of the adjective]).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkʌmfɚtəˈbɪlɪti/
- British English: /ˌkʌmfətəˈbɪlɪti/