单词 | comfortably off |
释义 | > as lemmascomfortably off a. In a way attended with comfort; in a state of comfort; with comfort (see comfort n. 6). Esp. in comfortably off, well off, prosperous. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] softOE at likinga1398 commodiously1420 beinly?a1500 at home1531 in sufficiencec1550 softly1567 snugly1590 easefully1611 comfortably1634 cosily1721 lown1724 snug1766 lownly1788 tosh1808 comfily1917 the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. x. 41 They liue more comfortably, and at lesse charges. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 14 Enough of them, as..might comfortably supply them for seven Years. c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 210 The miller..was very comfortably off. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 15 The chapel..just holds us all comfortably. 1884 M. E. Braddon Ishmael xix Decently fed, comfortably clad. 1893 G. B. Shaw Imposs. Anarchism 24 You may, if you are a..comfortably-off person, think that the policeman..is the guardian of law and order. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. x. 707 I'm too comfortably off to worry much about anything. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 28 It's most soul-destroying to be comfortably off. < as lemmas |
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