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Still, the upper levels of several huge stone temples and a spacious arena could be seen against the blue sky in the latemorning sun.

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  1. adjective Generous or large in area or extent; roomy.
  2. adjective Vast in range or scope: a spacious view.
  3. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: spacious, ample, capacious, commodious, roomy
    These adjectives mean having or affording a generous amount of space: a spacious apartment; an ample kitchen; a capacious purse; a commodious harbor; roomy pockets.

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  • From the German standpoint the decade from the fall of Bismarck to the end of the century may not inaptly be described as the spacious days of William II and the modern German Empire. —  William of Germany
  • It was unexpectedly spacious, an enclosed palace compared to the cubbies he'd just passed. —  Quozl
  • Eventually they entered a spacious, aboveground office in another part of the park. —  Quozl
  • Still, the upper levels of several huge stone temples and a spacious arena could be seen against the blue sky in the latemorning sun. —  Stalling
  • He woke in the gray before dawn. —  Wellspring of Chaos
 

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  1. Formerly also spatious; from French spacieux = Spanish espacioso = Portuguese espaçoso = Italian spazioso, from Latin spatiosus, roomy, ample. from spatium, room, space: see space.
 

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