comfortably

Definition of comfortablynext

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Recent Examples of comfortably Will West Ham’s presence — their 61,500-capacity London Stadium is comfortably the biggest stadium at this level since Manchester United’s one-year stay in the second tier during the mid-1970s — see a new attendance record set across the division? Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 At the same time, the price of entry for many recognisable heritage handbags has moved comfortably into four figures, and frequently several thousand dollars. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Boston's skid matched its worst of the season, but the Red Sox remain comfortably in position for an AL wild-card playoff berth. ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Sitting right at the natural waist, just above the belly button, these barrel-leg jeans stay comfortably in place without riding up throughout the day. Jacquelyn McGilvray, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 International Living also notes that a couple can comfortably live on about $2,000 per month in Bragança. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026 How Freedom Caucus members gained power Brattin comfortably won his primary last Tuesday with 45% of the vote in a seven-person primary. Jack Harvel august 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026 Putting too much money into a CD account CD accounts this August have some of the highest rates around with long-term options comfortably over 4%. Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 The result stretches comfortably across generations and genres, drawing from Sixties folk, Seventies soul, country, and pop, Eighties R&B and electro-boogie, Nineties alternative rock, and early-2000s hip-hop. Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comfortably
Adverb
  • Drugstore shampoos work just fine, if not, better than some of their more expensive counterparts.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Conclude with scallop crudo and homemade tortellini at the property’s fine-dining restaurant, where the atmosphere is that of an intimate club and guests and servers are on a first-name basis.
    Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • 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

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“Comfortably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comfortably. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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