Comfortable describes a pleasant physical feeling, or an object that provides it.

The idea

Use comfortable before a noun or after be: a comfortable chair; the chair is comfortable. Use feel comfortable in for a person wearing clothes and more comfortable than for comparison.

Examples

  • These shoes are comfortable for walking.
  • Is this chair comfortable?
  • She chose a comfortable seat by the window.
  • The bed is more comfortable than the sofa.
  • I feel comfortable in these clothes.
  • We need a comfortable place to rest.

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Watch out

Comfortable is an adjective; comfortably is an adverb: a comfortable seat, but sit comfortably.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the adjective for the chair. This chair is ___. (comfortable / comfortably)

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    comfortable

    Comfortable describes the chair after is.

  2. Choose the preposition before the clothes. I feel comfortable ___ these clothes. (in / from)

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    in

    In introduces the clothes the person is wearing.

  3. Choose the comparison for greater comfort. The bed feels ___ the sofa. (more comfortable than / most comfortable)

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    more comfortable than

    More comfortable than compares the bed and sofa.

Use it today

Describe something comfortable to wear and a comfortable place to rest.