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But Shakespeare, in his commodiousness, has always been amenable to updating.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2018

In amplitude, it is a kind of War and Peace among plays; and the knotty problem is how to achieve complexity without congestion, and commodiousness without sprawl.

From Time Magazine Archive

So in the wood and the hollows he hid a number of archers and spearmen, confident that the commodiousness of the place would allure the Romans.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

He lit his wax-tapers, furnished his table, and feasted with the commodiousness and relish of an Otaheitean noble.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

The chief hotel at Sherton-Abbas was an old stone-fronted inn with a yawning arch, under which vehicles were driven by stooping coachmen to back premises of wonderful commodiousness.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas