comfortably
/ˈkʌmftɚbli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a comfortable manner.
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family."
Etymology
Etymology tree English comfortable Middle English -ly English -ly English comfortably From comfortable + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkʌmftɚbli/
- British English: /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli/
Inflected Forms
more comfortably (comparative)
most comfortably (superlative)