Also 7 spatiousness(e. [f. as prec. + -NESS.]
1. The state or quality of being wide, spacious or commodious; extensiveness of area or dimensions; roominess.
1601. R. Johnson, Kingd. & Commw. (1603), 168. Numbers which may be imagined by the spaciousnes of his dominions.
1631. Gouge, God’s Arrows, V. § 15. 427. How farre do they exceed in spaciousnesse, the Kingdome of Iehosaphat?
1715. Lond. Gaz., No. 5336/2. The Apartments of the States of Brabant … are the finest … for their Spaciousness.
1759. Johnson, Rasselas, I. xiii. 95. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness.
1798. W. Taylor, iMonthly Rev., XXVI. 248. A profuse employment of columns gives to his original model an inviting spaciousness.
1864. Kerr, Gentlem. House, 83. Somewhat opposed to spaciousness … is the exquisite quality of compactness.
1885. Manch. Exam., 8 April, 5/1. The spaciousness and stately sweep of Sackville-street.
transf. 1841. Myers, Cath. Th., IV. § 34. 352. A certain roundness of numbers, and spaciousness of margin.
2. Largeness or breadth of mind, views, etc.
1657. W. Coles, Adam in Eden, To Rdr. So great was that spatiousnesse of mind that God had bestowed on him.
