comfortably

From comfortable +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmftɚbli/, /ˈkʌmfɚtəbli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli/

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• Hyphenation: com‧fort‧ably

comfortably (comparative more comfortably, superlative most comfortably)

1. In a comfortable manner.

   I snuggled comfortably into the blankets.

   • 1955 February, E. J. Tyler and J. Quanjer, “The Steam Locomotive in Holland 1919-1954”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:

     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.

2. Easily; without effort or difficulty.
   • 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

• uncomfortably

• comfortably off