convenient
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9.9
- adjective
- /kənˈviːniənt/
- Archaic
:
espacioso
- The inn offered a convenient suite that was both roomy and comfortable for weary travelers.
- a convenient location
- a convenient house
- a convenient place
Examples
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I'm so glad we stayed in such a convenient location.
Blog text (23) -
The kitchens would be convenient to the Great Hall.
Fiction book (1992) -
And here's a marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal.
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Well, now, isn't this cozy and convenient?
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Nor is it an accident that she would choose to sit at the foot of the statue the town fathers erected to his memory; almost every afternoon she could be found seated primly on the convenient wrought-iron bench, her large hands folded, pale white, in her wide dark lap.
Fiction book (1997) -
The ancient castle featured a convenient chamber with large windows and ample seating for guests.
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With its convenient layout, the spacious hall could accommodate numerous visitors at once.
Synonyms
45
2.5
A large open room or area with plenty of space
24
2.1
Large with a lot of space inside
2
7.4
Having a lot of space and being comfortable
Antonyms
How Spacious
Surface Forms
Morphology
convenient = convenience (opaque) = convenience + ent
The archaic sense 'large and spacious' is not a meaning that learners can derive from 'convenience' or the adjective-forming pattern, so the relation is historically linked but not transparently meaningful.
Etymology
Convenient once also meant 'large' or 'roomy' in older English because it comes from the same root venire ('to come') and is like convene. A helpful way to remember this old meaning is to think of a hall where people 'come together' easily, so it had to be spacious.