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    commodious


    1. Their great demand for active and productive stock makes it convenient for them to have as little dead stock as possible, and disposes them, upon that account, to content themselves with a cheaper, though less commodious instrument of commerce, than gold and silver


    2. nourished war continually with the Jews: 15 And with all of that the Idumeans, having gotten into their hands the most commodious


    3. 6 Therefore he came at unawares and burnt up towns and cities and got into his hands the most commodious places and overcame and put to flight no small number of his enemies


    4. 14 But when Gorgias was governor of the holds he hired soldiers and nourished war continually with the Jews: 15 And with all of that the Idumeans having gotten into their hands the most commodious holds kept the Jews occupied and receiving those who were banished from Jerusalem they went about to nourish war


    5. 1 When the apostles had been shown upstairs by John Mark, they beheld a large and commodious chamber, which was completely furnished for the supper, and observed that the bread, wine, water, and herbs were all in readiness on one end of the table


    6. They had set up housekeeping in the empty cargo bay of Katherine’s shuttle, but that could hardly be considered commodious


    7. a public house in Chelsea, hospitably commodious for the reception of


    8. was paid, everything else was as easy and commodious as one could


    9. the water, formed a pleasing shady recess, commodious to undress and


    10. together, under a commodious shelter that he had prepared expressly for

    11. A ragged calico mantle half encircled his body, while his nether garment was composed of an ordinary shirt, the sleeves of which were made to perform the office that is usually executed by a much more commodious arrangement


    12. I kept the third for myself, and I had it hollowed out, which reduced its value, but rendered it more commodious for the purpose I intended


    13. Our readers will learn, not altogether without interest, in reference to the recent romantic rise in fortune of a young artificer in iron of this neighborhood (what a theme, by the way, for the magic pen of our as yet not universally acknowledged townsman TOOBY, the poet of our columns!) that the youth's earliest patron, companion, and friend, was a highly respected individual not entirely unconnected with the corn and seed trade, and whose eminently convenient and commodious business premises are situate within a hundred miles of the High Street


    14. On a handsome mahogany table near him were neatly arranged the quartering knife, the various finely tempered disembowelling appliances (specially supplied by the worldfamous firm of cutlers, Messrs John Round and Sons, Sheffield), a terra cotta saucepan for the reception of the duodenum, colon, blind intestine and appendix etc when successfully extracted and two commodious milkjugs destined to receive the most precious blood of the most precious victim


    15. He is now upon me: I had placed myself with a jerk under him, as commodious and open as possible to his attempts, which were untoward enough, for his machine, meeting with no inlet, bore and battered stiffly against me in random pushes, now above, now below, now beside his point; till, burning with impatience from its irritating touches, I guided gently, with my hand, this furious fescue to where my young novice was now to be taught his first lesson of pleasure


    16. the rent was paid, every thing else was as easy and commodious


    17. I got up to see what was the matter; and what indeed should it be but the son of a neighbouring gentleman, as I afterwards found (for I had never seen him before), who had strayed that way with his gun, and heated by his sport, and the sultriness of the day, had been tempted by the freshness of the clear stream; so that presently stripping, he jumped into it on the other side, which bordered on a wood, some trees whereof, inclined down to the water, formed a pleasing shady recess, commodious to undress and leave his clothes under


    18. For my part, who had sincerely no intention to push the joke further than simply satisfying my curiosity with the sight of it alone, I was content, in spite of the temptation that stared me in the face, with having raised a May-pole for another to hang a garland on: for, by this time, easily reading Louisa's desires in her wishful eyes, I acted the commodious part, and made her, who sought no better sport, significant terms of encouragement to go through stitch with her adventure; intimating too that I would stay and see fair play: in which, indeed, I had in view to humour a new born curiosity, to observe what appearances active nature would put on in a natural, in the course of this her darling operation


    19. Cole's entitled him to, as the weather was excessively hot, to bathe together, under a commodious shelter that he had prepared expressly for that purpose, in a creek of the river, with which a side-door of the pavilion immediately communicated, and where we might be sure of having our diversion out, safe from interruption, and with the utmost privacy


    20. In the commodious Hold of the Happy Delivery, where before had been Bars of Silver, Piles of Emeralds, Sacks of Golden Coins, were all our Tars bound Hand and Foot and gagg’d like rabid Dogs! Some few had been shot—tho’ none was kill’d—as Tokens, but most were unharm’d, yet so tightly bound that they could scarce move at all

    21. conquered they would be moved into a commodious and beautiful


    22. Miss Crawford found a sister without preciseness or rusticity, a sister’s husband who looked the gentleman, and a house commodious and well fitted up; and Mrs


    23. French gave up his own deck cabin, the most commodious in size, and before another hour had passed Simeon was lying in a comfortable bed, clean, warm, devotedly tended, but apparently dying


    24. ” Here is a commodious desk with note paper, order pads and so forth for your use


    25. It will also be of brick, commodious and convenient in its proportions and arrangement


    26. Our Mission Home is a large and commodious mansion built by a slave-holder, whose fortunes went down with the lost cause, and it was purchased by the American Missionary Association


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    Synonyms for "commodious"

    commodious convenient large big roomy spacious capacious copious

    "commodious" definitions

    large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)