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Synonyms for roomy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : roo-mee, room-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru mi, ˈrʊm i



Définition of roomy

Origin :
  • "roomsome," 1620s, from room (n.) + -y (2). Related: Roominess.
  • adj having ample space
Example sentences :
  • And yet there ought to be so much to do here; it's all so fresh and roomy and jolly.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He stood on the hearthrug in big, roomy boots, and uttered no word of greeting.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was a large, roomy house, and possessed a separate entrance.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • His feet were the loaded gyves that made of the world but a roomy prison.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • It was roomy, cool, and comfortable, with a picturesqueness all its own.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • It was a roomy two-storied house, unpretentious, but very capacious.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • All these dear children had learned to walk on her roomy quarter-deck.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • The interior of the van was roomy, even allowing for the car.
  • Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
  • The settler who had a roomy house often had also the meeting.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Twenty of them lived there together, because it was a convenient, roomy hollow.
  • Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English

Antonyms for roomy

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