comfortability

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comfortability

  • /ˌkʌmfətəˈbɪlɪti/ UK
  • /ˌkʌmfɚtəˈbɪlɪti/ US
  • [ˌkəmfɚɾəˈbɪləɾi] US

Rhymes with -ɪlɪti

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From comfort + -ability (suffix forming nouns from verbs, denoting an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified function or condition), or comfortable + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the property, quality, or state of conforming to [the meaning of the adjective]).

noun comfortabilities

  1. countable, uncountable Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”). "I must introduce you," said Mr. Griffiths, when he called on me one morning, "to a countryman of mine, who now rivals Foneron in giving dinners; but whose luxurious extravagance bids fair soon to eclipse the unostentatious comfortability of Foneron's Friday parties."

    Similar: comfort · Opposite: discomfort, uncomfortability

  2. countable, uncountable Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”). [I was] smiling at the petulant activity of the tottering Cardinal de Heflin, the Bavarian minister, or the rough etourderie of the Wirtemberg envoy and the grave comfortability of the Dutch, when I heard suddenly announced, with a brilliant and numerous suite, the Austrian ambassador, the Count [An

    Similar: comfortableness · Opposite: discomfort, uncomfortability, uncomfortableness

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noun synonym of comfortableness — see also comfortableness

Españolconfortabilidad
Portuguêsconfortabilidade
Françaisconfortabilité
DeutschBehaglichkeit
Русскийкомфо́ртность komfórtnostʹ

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@misc{comfortability_2026,
  title = {comfortability},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comfortability},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}