Com″fort‐a‐ble (?), a. [OF. confortable.] 1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. Wyclif.
Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.
Shak.
2. Serviceable; helpful.
Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Shak.
3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. “Kind words and comfortable.” Cowper.
A comfortable provision made for their subsistence.
Dryden.
4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.
My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health.
Shak.
5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; — used of a sick person.