Adjective : a commodious apartment. ,a commodious harbor. From Dictionary.com.
Part of the "commodiousness" of a building should be how it serves people who may never enter it. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Gruber: Urban Design, the Book: Part Two of a Review] Reference
Catalina, nor did the buildings seem of as great size and commodiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
It is all that can be desired for commodiousness and as a station for ships making the voyage from the Philippines, sailing whence they make a landfall on this coast. From Wordnik.com. [History of California] Reference
Having said this in his First Book of Good Deeds, he says again, that both commodiousness and grace pertain to mean or indifferent things, none of which according to them, is profitable. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
We had a pleasing conviction of the commodiousness of civilization, and heartily laughed at the ravings of those absurd visionaries who have attempted to persuade us of the superior advantages of a state of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
In the succeeding year, he rebuilt the warehouse and factory on a greatly enlarged scale, and has since still further enlarged and improved the buildings, until, in size and commodiousness, they are not excelled in the city. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
Talking of commodiousness, it's quite large enough, too. From Wordnik.com. [Crowded Out! and Other Sketches] Reference
"What I like about Barker is his commodiousness," said Stacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Partners] Reference
Houses constructed with a view to "neatness and commodiousness.". From Wordnik.com. [First Annual Report of the Board of Public Charities of North Carolina. February, 1870] Reference
It is a beautiful ship; like a fine yacht in its spacious commodiousness. From Wordnik.com. [In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World] Reference
The houses of the slaves are usually log-cabins, of various degrees of comfort and commodiousness. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy] Reference
Of these, for commodiousness and safety at all times, the Bay of San Francisco stands pre-eminently conspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE] Reference
There are few things more striking in the free States than the number and commodiousness of the places of worship. From Wordnik.com. [A Visit to the United States in 1841] Reference
We could not help admiring her commodiousness when she accompanied Lord P. and her daughter to Drury-lane Theatre, the last time the King was there. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
M. de Breulh had a fine house in the Avenue de l'Imperatrice, which he had taken more for the commodiousness of the stables than for his own convenience. From Wordnik.com. [Caught in the Net] Reference
In economy, beauty, commodiousness, and speed, they form a striking contrast to the steam-ferry from Portsmouth to Gosport, which cost, it is said, L.20,000. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852] Reference
The comparison of adjectives is very uncertain; and being much regulated by commodiousness of utterance, or agreeableness of sound, is not easily reduced to rules. From Wordnik.com. [A Grammar of the English Tongue] Reference
For the aesthetic beauty and the commodiousness of his building we have the strongest evidence in a letter written by Michelangelo, who was by no means a partial witness. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti] Reference
The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780] Reference
It is the chiefest and greatest Marte Towne of all Moscouie: and albeit the Emperour's seate is not there, but at Mosco, yet the commodiousness of the riuer, falling into the gulfe, which is called Sinus. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03] Reference
In spite of the commodiousness of the vessel, every thing here would disgust my senses, had I nothing else to think of -- "When the mind's free, the body's delicate;" -- mine has been too much hurt to regard trifles. From Wordnik.com. [Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
For my part, I never saw in England any appurtenance of civilization, calculated to add to the convenience and commodiousness of existence, that did not seem to me to surpass anything of the kind that we have in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions and Criticisms] Reference
The danger of wandering into dark and untried paths, and the commodiousness of that road which had at first been taken, were sufficient reasons for having hitherto suspended my examination of the different branches of this labyrinth. From Wordnik.com. [Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker] Reference
The beauty of the poplars, the coolness exhaled from the dew-besprent bricks, the commodiousness of the seat which these steps afforded, and the uncertainty into which I was plunged respecting my future conduct, all combined to make me pause. From Wordnik.com. [Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793] Reference
The discovery of Port Lincoln was in itself an event of consequence, since it is a harbour of singular commodiousness and beauty, and would, did it but possess a more prolific territory at its back, be a maritime station of no small importance. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders] Reference
With such commodiousness of situation, these two learned persons sat themselves down, each in his own domain, yet familiarly passing from one apartment to the other, and bestowing a mutual and not incurious inspection into one another's business. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
The commodiousness and elegance of their rooms, the savouriness of their cooking, the quality of their wines, the promptitude of their attendants, all are minutely criticized; and, if they study their own interest, they must neglect nothing to flatter the eyes and palate. From Wordnik.com. [Paris as It Was and as It Is] Reference
The vast extent and extraordinary commodiousness of the amphitheatres erected by the Romans, prove not only the love of the sports exhibited in them entertained by that people, but the attention paid to their health and comfort by the architects who planned these buildings. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler in France] Reference
"their want of accommodation for their cattle, the fruitfulness and commodiousness of Connecticut, and the strong bent of their spirits to remove thither.". From Wordnik.com. [Beginnings of the American People] Reference
With such commodiousness of situation, these two learned persons sat themselves down, each in his own domain, yet familiarly passing from one apartment to the other, and bestowing a mutual and not incurious inspection into one another’s business. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
"It is all that can be desired for commodiousness and as a station for ships making the voyage to the Philippines, sailing whence they make a landfall on this coast. From Wordnik.com. [The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco] Reference
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