comfortsome

adj, adv — 2 senses

comfortsome

adj

Etymology From comfort + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by comfort

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

comfortsome

adv

Etymology From comfort + -some.

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:

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