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# comfortably

«comfortably» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that feels relaxed and free from pain or worry:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (comfortably; more comfortably)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that feels relaxed and free from pain or worry: «sitting comfortably». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#m1)

2) Easily, with plenty to spare: «They won comfortably». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#m2)

3) With enough money to live well: «They live comfortably». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and storytime «Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin» is a famous British opening. In sport reports «won comfortably» means by a big margin. In maths word problems «comfortably fits» means there is room left over. In everyday talk about money «comfortably off» means not rich but with no money worries. Phrases: «sit comfortably», «comfortably off», «win comfortably», «fit comfortably».

### examples

- Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x1)
- The cat curled up comfortably on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x2)
- Our team won comfortably, five goals to one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x3)
- Twenty children fit comfortably in the minibus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x4)
- My grandparents are comfortably off since they retired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x5)
- The patient was resting comfortably after the operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x6)
- The box comfortably holds all our books with room to spare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x7)
- So said, so done, and both slept very comfortably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/#x8)

### note

Usually said in three syllables: «KUMF-ta-blee». Spelled with «-ably», not «-ibly». Comes from the adjective «comfortable». In maths, «comfortably more than» means clearly and easily more, not only just.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «comfortably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfortably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.