Synonyms for capaciousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-pey-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpeɪ ʃəs |
Définition of capaciousness
Origin :- 1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (see capable) + -ous. Meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related: Capaciously; capaciousness.
- noun spaciousness
- They fell away voluminously into the capaciousness of her bosom.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- But the greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness.
- Extract from : « Nationalism » by Rabindranath Tagore
- France, great and populous as it is, is but a spot in the capaciousness of the system.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II » by Thomas Paine
- The capaciousness of her beliefs and acceptances amazed him.
- Extract from : « The Pastor's Wife » by Elizabeth von Arnim
- On entering the place you are perfectly surprised at its capaciousness.
- Extract from : « Our Churches and Chapels » by Atticus
- They are plain neat wooden houses, in capaciousness more like villas than cottages.
- Extract from : « American Political Ideas Viewed From The Standpoint Of Universal History » by John Fiske
- Is it a trifle that we temper energy with softness, strength with flexibility, capaciousness of sound with pliancy of idiom?
- Extract from : « Spare Hours » by John Brown
- Is it a trifle that wre temper energy with softness, strength with flexibility, capaciousness of sound with pliancy of idiom?
- Extract from : « Rab and His Friends and Other Papers » by John Brown
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