Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • So as to be commodious: as, a house commodiously constructed.
  • Suitably; usefully; serviceably; conveniently.
  • Agreeably; comfortably.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a commodious manner.

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  • adverb In a commodious manner.

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Examples

  • Apartment buildings and individual apartments must be commodiously planned with well-designed kitchens and baths, soundproofed walls and floors, ample daylighting, reliable elevators, well-appointed public spaces and attractive landscaping.

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  • He did so, and after passing through some of the intricate avenues common in old houses, was ushered into a small apartment, commodiously fitted up, in which he found Father Buonaventure reclining on a couch, in the attitude of a man exhausted by fatigue or indisposition.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • And the rods are commodiously arranged on either side of the ankles, so as not to interfere with the position of the limb; and the wound is easily examined and easily arranged.

    On Fractures 2007

  • Mr Keith, the collector of Excise here, my old acquaintance at Ayr, who had seen us at the fort, visited us in the evening, and engaged us to dine with him next day, promising to breakfast with us, and take us to the English chapel; so that we were at once commodiously arranged.

    Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 2006

  • For my own part, however, I cannot but wonder, since he had divined and predicted that heterogeneous matter could be discharged by the course he indicates, why he could not or would not perceive, and inform us that, in the natural state of things, the blood might be commodiously transferred from the lungs to the left ventricle of the heart by the very same route.

    On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals 2005

  • But it is certainly mysterious and incongruous that blood should be supposed to be most commodiously drawn through a set of obscure or invisible ducts, and air through perfectly open passages, at one and the same moment.

    On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals 2005

  • A feluca is large enough to take in a post-chaise; and there is a tilt over the stern sheets, where the passengers sit, to protect them from the rain: between the seats one person may lie commodiously upon a mattress, which is commonly supplied by the patron.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • Our little party now separated, and got into two post-chaises, each of which hold three persons, though it must be owned three cannot sit quite so commodiously in these chaises as two: the hire of a post-chaise is a shilling for every English mile.

    Travels in England in 1782 2004

  • At the end of the bridge leading into the shrubbery there was a stile, high indeed, but made commodiously with steps, almost like a double stair case, so that ladies could pass it without trouble.

    The American Senator 2004

  • At Chatsworth, I met young Mr. Burke, who led me very commodiously into conversation with the Duke and Duchess.

    The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

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