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
Other Word Forms
- commodiously adverb
- commodiousness noun
- noncommodious adjective
- noncommodiously adverb
- noncommodiousness noun
- uncommodious adjective
Etymology
Origin of commodious
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin commodiōsus, equivalent to Latin commodi ( tās ) convenience ( commodity ) + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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The New Bath Guide of 1778 mentioned "…a commodious cold-bath, with convenient dressing-rooms".
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023
The seats don’t recline but they are commodious, with a cute love seat in the front row if you’re on a date night.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2022
Roger Ebert called “Johnny Guitar” “one of the most blatant psychosexual melodramas ever to disguise itself in that most commodious of genres, the western.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022
First lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a member of the DAR, was outraged by their action, resigned and asked Washington officials to find an appropriately grand and commodious place for Anderson to perform.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2019
The ladies’ room at Sickler’s was almost as large as the dining room proper, and, in a special sense, appeared to be hardly less commodious.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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