a. [ OF. confortable. ] 1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serviceable; helpful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. “Kind words and comfortable.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being comfortable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. desconfortable. ] 1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray.

-- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*com"fort*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]