commodious
[kuh-moh-dee-uh s]
adjective
spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment.
ample or adequate for a particular purpose: a commodious harbor.
Origin of commodious
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Related Words for commodious
convenient, big, capacious, comfortable, expansive, extensive, large, loose, roomy, wideExamples from the Web for commodious
Contemporary Examples of commodious
Although none of these issues are burrowed into, they scroll by in manner that is commodious and vivid.
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Historical Examples of commodious
You must know that the Widow Dufeu was not a commodious person.
The Fte At CoquevilleEmile Zola
Evidently this had been a big, commodious and comfortable house in its day.
Thankful's InheritanceJoseph C. Lincoln
She is most commodious; the cabins are much larger than is usual in a vessel of this size.
Six Letters From the ColoniesRobert Seaton
This was large and commodious, divided by hangings into two or three compartments.
At Aboukir and AcreGeorge Alfred Henty
A commodious residence was there available, and in it he settled with his family.
Great AstronomersR. S. Ball
commodious
adjective
Word Origin for commodious
C15: from Medieval Latin commodiōsus, from Latin commodus convenient, from com- with + modus measure
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