commodious
Americanadjective
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spacious and convenient; roomy.
a commodious apartment.
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ample or adequate for a particular purpose.
a commodious harbor.
adjective
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(of buildings, rooms, etc) large and roomy; spacious
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archaic suitable; convenient
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Etymology
Origin of commodious
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin commodiōsus, equivalent to Latin commodi ( tās ) convenience ( see commodity) + -ōsus -ous
Explanation
If your house has a big and comfortable living room, you could say that you have a commodious space for entertaining. Commodious means roomy. Yes, you see the word, commode — i.e. toilet — in commodious. Both words once had the meaning of convenience attached to them from their Latin roots. Indoor plumbing is in fact convenient when you compare it with the alternative as is having room to spare. But that meaning was left behind years ago.
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Example Sentences
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Commodious spiral stairs tend to be more like 60 inches in diameter — but you’ll still find each tread narrowing to a sliver at the newel.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2019
By these means the opportunity was lost of making the new City the most magnificent, as well as Commodious for Health and Trade, of any on Earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
They found the Natives very Sociable and ready to part with anything they had, and the Harbour safe and Commodious, with a good Anchorage in 25, 20, and 16 fathoms clear ground.
From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James
Commodious for a Haven made, Under a rising Bank, Nature has fix’d a Place of Trade, To Men of any Rank.
From The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 by Novak, Maximillian E.
And even now that Commodious is strangled, I don't see a way to our bettering ourselves.'
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
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