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commodiousness|kəˈməʊdɪəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Commodious state or quality: †a. Advantageousness, suitableness, convenience. Obs.
1570Dee Math. Pref. 18 For commodiousnes, necessity, and auantage. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxx. §2 The commodiousness of this invention caused all parts of Christendom to follow it. 1658A. Fox tr. Wurtz' Surg. v. 342 A Barber knoweth the commodiousness of soft fingers at the touching of veins. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. iii. x. (1743) 259 An admirable commodiousness..to travel from London. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 122 Pearls have also physical virtues exceeding the commodiousness of ornament. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. i. 4 Regions that offered..every commodiousness of water.
b. esp. in reference to convenience of position, accessibility, and (usually) ampleness of room.
1576Fleming Panoplie Ep. 196 The commodiousnesse of the place, where hee abideth. 1647Sprigge Anglia Rediv. iv. vii. (1854) 259 Through the commodiousness of its situation..as lying but eighteen miles north from Oxford. 1673Temple Ess. Irel. Wks. 1731 I. 112 The Trade of a County arises from..the Commodiousness of Ports. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 487 The commodiousness and length of their canals are incredible. 1812Wellington in Gurw. Disp. IX. 323 Adverting to the size and commodiousness of the buildings. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. ix, Such commodiousness of situation. |