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COMMODIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commodiousness mean?
• COMMODIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun COMMODIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
Familiarity information: COMMODIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
capaciousness; commodiousness; roominess; spaciousness
Context example:
his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
Hypernyms ("commodiousness" is a kind of...):
bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commodiousness"):
airiness (the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air)
seating capacity (the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc.)
Derivation:
commodious (large and roomy ('convenient' is archaic in this sense))
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