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comfortsome en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From comfort + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised or marked by comfort.
    • 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. 2015, Sara Taylor, The Shore:
    • All 1st years who want to can live in a variety of highly comfortsome halls. 2004, Jonathan Rich, Push Guide to Which University:
    • And hunt for comfortsome creatures / And find none but sharp barbs and [get entangled] - [...] 1984, Paul Oliver, Songsters and Saints:

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most comfortsome Degree=Sup lexicographic
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comfortsome en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

From comfort + -some.

Meanings

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

Forms

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more comfortsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most comfortsome Degree=Sup lexicographic