“comfortable” – English explanatory dictionary

adj 1. soft and relaxing ○ These shoes aren’t very comfortable. ○ There are more comfortable chairs in the lounge. 2. □ to make yourself comfortable to relax ○ She made herself comfortable in the chair by the fire.

a. [OF. confortable.]
1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif. “Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm’s end.
Shak.”
2. Serviceable; helpful. [Obs.] “Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Shak.”
3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as a comfortable hope. ´Kind words and comfortable.´ Cowper. “A comfortable provision made for their subsistence.
Dryden.”
4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as to lead a comfortable life. “My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health.
Shak.”
5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; — used of a sick person. [U. S.]

n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [U. S.]