COMFORTABLE

Definitions

1. 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. 2. Serviceable; helpful. [Obs.] Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak.
3. 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. 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. 5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. [U. S.]