Noun
The quality of being capacious.
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Capacity is the abstract of capax, receiving or apt to hold ; it is therefore applied to the contents of hollow bodies : capaciousness is the abstract of capacious and is therefore applied to the plane surface comprehended within a given space. hence we speak of the capacity of a vessel; and the capaciousness of a room.
The author of the Plays was equipped, beyond every other man of his time, with wisdom, erudition, imagination, capaciousness of mind, grace, and majesty of expression.
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intellectual breadth
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the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary
his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess
spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
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the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
roominess in this size car is always a compromise
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his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to