Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (3)
1.
in mental comfort;
without stress;
- Example: "he works comfortably on three continents"2.
in physical comfort;
- Example: "she could have been lying comfortably in bed getting the same relief"3.
in financial comfort;
- Example: "They live well"- Example: "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died"[syn: well, comfortably]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Comfortably \Com"fort*a*bly\, adv.
In a comfortable or comforting manner.
[1913 Webster]
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. --Is. xl. 2.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comfortably
adv 1: in mental comfort; without stress; "he works comfortably
on three continents"
2: in physical comfort; "she could have been lying comfortably
in bed getting the same relief" [ant: uncomfortably]
3: in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to
live comfortably since her husband died" [syn: well,
comfortably]