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comfortably

 adverb
     
com‧fort‧a‧bly
1

furniture/places/clothes

in a way that makes you feel physically relaxed, without any pain, or without being too hot, cold etc:
The hotel is modern and comfortably furnished.
his comfortably baggy jeans
2

physically relaxed

in a way that feels physically relaxed, without any pain, or without being too hot, cold etc:
I was sitting comfortably in the lounge, reading a newspaper.
3

money

with enough money to live on without having to worry about paying for things:
She earns enough money to live comfortably.
His family were comfortably off (=fairly rich).
4

win/achievement

easily and without problems:
Davis won comfortably, 9-1, 9-3, 9-2.
the amount of work you can comfortably deal with
5

confident

in a confident and relaxed way:
They were soon chatting comfortably with each other.
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