comfortableness

[ kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl-nis, kuhmf-ter-buhl-nis ]

noun

1. the quality of being comfortable or of affording ease or comfort, whether physical or emotional:

   These pants are made of smooth pure cotton for optimum comfortableness and movability.

   In the film, the conversation about sexuality took place in such a non-shaming way—I loved the comfortableness between the girl and her mother.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comfortableness¹

comfortable ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

"But that comfortableness gets tested on Friday morning."

From BBC

“I was falling in love. I was having a more consistent feeling of comfortableness in my body in a way that I had never had,” Schoenbrun says.

From Seattle Times

The governor said provisions in the criminal code on this issue had been altered from an earlier, stricter version so "would provide a better guarantee of everyone's privacy and comfortableness."

From Reuters

But in general there was an overwhelming feeling of hesitancy from the cast and this production, like they hadn’t quite found a level of comfortableness with the show or its absurdity yet.

From Seattle Times

“And then years later I saw him and I was immediately blown away by his poise, his comfortableness with the crowd. If it got a little silent, he’d just stay with what he was doing.”

From Washington Post