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commodiously, adv.|kəˈməʊdɪəslɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a commodious manner: †a. advantageously, profitably (obs.); b. conveniently, now esp. in respect to ready access and roominess.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 28 Eke se thi lande Be bering, and commodiously stande. a1535More On the Passion Wks. 1292/1 He sought oportuniti that he might commodiously betraye hym. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 70 An inscription such as a man may commodiously write or engraue vpon a tombe. 1667Milton P.L. x. 1083 To pass commodiously this life, sustain'd By him with many comforts. 1672Petty Pol. Anat. (1691) 79 Ireland lieth Commodiously for the Trade of the new American world. 1784Johnson Let. Reynolds 9 Sept. Who led me very commodiously into conversation with the Duke. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 147 In this state it is more commodiously transportable. 1823Macaulay Misc. Writ. (1860) I. 128 This name so commodiously vague. 1839Thirlwall Greece VIII. 213 It lay very commodiously for the prosecution of [their] designs. |