spaciousness
- noun
- /ˈspeɪʃəsnəs/
- And for me, doing a daily meditation practice has been training my awareness to find that kindness, to find that spaciousness more easily.
Examples
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And I think more than anything, what I felt was the sense of spaciousness and slowness.
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What does this experience of emptiness and spaciousness mean for my life?
Academic text (1994) -
We have to do that on ourselves, create that spaciousness of deep, deep patience.
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Just open to the spaciousness and stillness of the present moment.
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And he might lose himself in the apartment, he realized, already confused by the number and spaciousness of the rooms, and by their foreignness.
Fiction book (1996) -
No sharp edges or corners, a great sense of openness and spaciousness despite its being so small.
Academic text (1997) -
The room was too big for one person, yet she'd felt an immediate sense of belonging, a sense of spaciousness and light that appealed to her.
Fiction book (1991) -
In this park lies the large and magnificent open-air stage, which combines spaciousness with an impressive backdrop.
Blog text (26) -
The first batch of artists set up their studios there in 2001 because of the spaciousness and affordable rentals, the result not of deliberate planning but of a natural evolution over time.
Academic text (2009) -
Walking into the room, she was struck by the spaciousness, which made it feel welcoming and airy.
Synonyms
Extra space or time that lets you relax and think
A wide area that allows a clear view and easy movement
The quality of having plenty of space inside a house or car
An open, light feeling in a room or food that makes it feel fresh
A large open space that can hold many people
A lot of space inside a building that makes it comfortable to use
A situation where there is plenty of space or a large amount, for example a big garden
How Spacious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spaciousness comes from the simple word space, which means 'room' or 'room to move', plus the ending -ness, which turns a word into a 'quality' or 'state'. So spaciousness is the quality of having a lot of room and feeling open.