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Definition of Commodious

1. Adjective. Large and roomy ('convenient' is archaic in this sense). "A commodious building suitable for conventions"

Definition of Commodious

1. a. Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house.

Definition of Commodious

1. Adjective. Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. ¹

2. Adjective. Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commodious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commodious

Literary usage of Commodious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1847)
"Sutt Dtl. A commodious FARM HOUSE. ED». ... herewith send you a plan and •ketch of a commodious farm house. I have not endeavored, in planning this house, ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1880)
"L to tke new and mart commodious premises, No. 19 BOND STREET, near Broadway, where our stock of Books, Stationery, French and Vienna Fa Goods, ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"... the African coast, frequented by the slave ships, is indented with so tew commodious or accessible harbors, that, notwithstanding its great extent, ..."

4. The Bookman (1903)
""When Henrik was eight years old his parents, who had removed to a more commodious house, were obliged to leave the town on account of his father's failure. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This practical innovation affords them pleasant and commodious quarters. In the eastern wing (facing towards Rome) of the residential section the pope ..."

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