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Definition: Comfy |
ComfyAdjective1. Providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief; "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; (`comfy' is informal as in "feeling comfy now?"). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "comfy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Synonym: ComfySynonym: comfortable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: uncomfortable (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Comfy |
| English words defined with "comfy": comfortable. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Not that slaying is ever comfy, but you know what I mean. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Fetch the comfy chair. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) | |
Lyrics | Getting comfy getting perfect is what I live for (I Want You; performing artist: Savage Garden) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Big Comfy Couch (1992) | |
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| "Comfy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Comfy" is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 112 | 30,646 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "comfy": very comfy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "comfy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i rehatshëm (comfortable, cosy, cozy, cushy, easy, homey, snug), i qetësuar (appeased, comfortable), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i patrazuar (comfortable, heart-whole, imperturbable, laid back, level, peaceful, placid, smooth, unabashed, unadulterated, unblended, unconcerned, undigested, unperturbed), i lehtësuar (comfortable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удобен (agreeable, appropriate, carriageable, comfortable, convenient, cozy, easy, favorable, favourable, good, proper, ready made, suitable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pohodlný (comfortable, commodious, cosy, cozy, cushy, easy, snug), útulný (cosy, cozy, homely, snug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | behaglich (agreeable, comfortable, comfortably, contented, cosily, cosy, cozy, enjoyable, homely, homey, lived-in, lovely, nice, pleasant, snug, snugly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kényelmes (comfortable, commodious, convenient, cosh, cosy, cozy, cushy, easy going, handy, leisured, leisurely, nonchalant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | comodo (comfort, comfortable, convenience, convenient, cosiest, cosy, cozy, cushy, ease, easiness, easy, handy, leisure, leisured, leisurely, snug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omfycay confortável (comfortable, cosy, cozy, cushy, easeful, snug), à vontade (at ease, at pleasure, freely, loosely). (various references) confortabil (comfortable, comfortably, cosily, cosy, homey, snug). (various references) удобный (carriageable, comfortable, commodious, convenient, cosy, easy, expedite, habitable, handy, snug, usable). (various references) udoban (comfortable, convenient, cosy, cozy). (various references) confortable (accommodative, capacious, comfortable). (various references) välbärgad (comfortable, forehanded, made, well off, well to do, well-off, well-to-do), väl till mods (comfortable), som har det bra (comfortable), obesvärad (comfortable, easy, jaunty, unencumbered, untroubled), lugn (calm, comfortable, composed, composure, cool, cool-headed, coolness, countenance, dispassionate, ease, easiness, easy, equability, equable, impassive, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbable, leisurely, low pressure, orderly, peace, peaceful, philosophical, phlegm, placid, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restful, sedate, self controlled, self possessed, sequestered, serene, serenity, sheltered, sobriety, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled), komfortabel (comfortable), bekväm (comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easy going, ready), ankopplande (comfortable). (various references) rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), konforlu (comfortable, cosy, cushioned, plushy). (various references) комфортабельний (comfortable), зручний (accessible, accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, convenient, cosy, couth, easeful, easy, likely, practical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Comfy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cefyn, Cifmd, cmkyr, coffy, comby, comey, comfily, Comly, Commey, commiy, commy, Compy, comy, confi, confu, confy, congy, Conmy, cumfy, cumly, komhyr, Komy, kumfi, Kumfy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-m-o-y" | |
-2 letters: coy, foy, moc, yom. | |
-3 letters: mo, my, of, om, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-m-o-y" | |
+2 letters: comfrey. | |
+3 letters: comfreys. | |
+4 letters: commodify, formicary, mycoflora. | |
+5 letters: complexify, conformity, coryneform, mycoflorae, mycofloras. | |
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