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Comfy

Definition: Comfy

Comfy

Adjective

1. 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: Comfy

Synonym: comfortable (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: uncomfortable (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Comfy

English words defined with "comfy": comfortable. (references)

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Modern Usage: Comfy

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Comfy

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Comfy, Cozy Thanksgiving (Bear in the Big Blue House) (reference)

  • Big Comfy Couch:More Sing-Along Songs (reference)

  • Comfy Glasgow (reference)

  • Dress Up Day (The Big Comfy Couch) (reference)

  • It's Mine! (The Big Comfy Couch) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Big Comfy Couch - Patience, Molly/Squeaky Clean (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Comfy

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%11230,646

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Comfy

Expression using "comfy": very comfy. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Comfy

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

big comfy couch

301

comfy cozy

3

comfy couch

48

bed big comfy couch loonette molly time

3

comfy

35

big comfy couch doll

3

big comfy couch.us

22

alyson big comfy couch court

3

comfy chair

12

big com comfy couch

3

big comfy couch.com

12

comfy cozie

3

big comfy couch us

10

comfy warmer wipe

3

comfy seat

9

comfy cotton

3

chez comfy

9

comfy keyboard

3

britax starriser comfy

8

the big comfy couch video

2

britax star riser comfy

7

big comfy couch.us.org

2

comfy cozy gund

6

big coloring comfy couch page

2

big comfy couch molly

5

big comfy ebay

2

big comfy couch game math

5

comfy couch show tv

2

comfy kid

4

big comfy couch pbs

2

britax comfy

4

big comfy couch loonette

2

big comfy couch site web

4

comfy sofa

2

big comfy couch cast

3

comfy saddle

2

comfy starriser

3

big comfy couch doll molly

2

big comfy

3

comfy grip

2

the big comfy couch tv show

3

big coach comfy

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Comfy

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

   

Portuguese

  

confortável (comfortable, cosy, cozy, cushy, easeful, snug), à vontade (at ease, at pleasure, freely, loosely). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

confortabil (comfortable, comfortably, cosily, cosy, homey, snug). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

удобный (carriageable, comfortable, commodious, convenient, cosy, easy, expedite, habitable, handy, snug, usable). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

udoban (comfortable, convenient, cosy, cozy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

confortable (accommodative, capacious, comfortable). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

комфортабельний (comfortable), зручний (accessible, accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, convenient, cosy, couth, easeful, easy, likely, practical). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Comfy

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).

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Anagrams: Comfy

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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