Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (a.) Strong; vigorous; valiant.

2. (a.) Serviceable; helpful.

3. (a.) Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope.

4. (a.) In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.

5. (a.) Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person.

6. (n.) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.