COMFORTABLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

comfortably

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Recent Examples of comfortably The host nation won comfortably despite playing down a man from the 64th minute on. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 Two full racks comfortably serve 6–8 people, depending on portion size and sides. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 Relax by day and sleep comfortably by night with Cordaroys' innovative convertible bean bag chairs. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 The front patch pockets create a smooth waistline, and the soft organic cotton has enough stretch to bend, sit, and move comfortably without the waistband digging in. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 For the methodology, the study looked at 40 coastal towns across the United States to figure out where remote workers are able to work and play the most comfortably. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 July 2026 This means that the planet is closer to the star than had been thought, sitting comfortably within the habitable zone where temperatures will be suitable for liquid water on the surface of a planet with an atmosphere. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 July 2026 Unlike larger corporate counterparts, SMEs don't always have the financial reserves to comfortably absorb geopolitical upheaval and rapid inflation. — Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 As shown below, Ronaldo is comfortably offside and unmarked, but some smart double movement from Bruno Fernandes (central) and Pedro Neto (left) sees Neto get in behind DR Congo’s defence ahead of their captain. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 2 July 2026

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Take Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, who have spent more than four decades proving that romance thrives just fine outside the chapel while raising a blended family.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Still, Coffin is fine inviting them into the big tent with the rest of us, if only to show where the Hollywood blockbuster machine can find its next gear.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of fine

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Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of ostentatiously

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