comfortsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From comfort +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

comfortsome (comparative more comfortsome, superlative most comfortsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by comfort
    • 1984, Paul Oliver, Songsters and Saints:
      And hunt for comfortsome creatures / And find none but sharp barbs and [get entangled] - [...]
    • 2004, Jonathan Rich, Push Guide to Which University:
      All 1st years who want to can live in a variety of highly comfortsome halls.
    • 2015, Sara Taylor, The Shore:
      It was the longest 'n' the sweetest 'n' the most comfortsome kiss I ever had, being the first one I'd ever tasted, and after that I shut my crying up tight.

Adverb[edit]

comfortsome (comparative more comfortsome, superlative most comfortsome)

  1. (regional, nonstandard) In a comfortsome or comforting manner; comfortably
    • 2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Deadly Flood:
      "[...] Dragoon her a tent and as many peones as it takes to set her up comfortsome.”