commodious

1. (archaic) Convenient, serviceable, suitable.Examples: "If they thinke that we ought to proue the ceremonies commodious which we haue reteined, they doe in this point very greatly deceiue themſelues."; "There wallowing warm, th’ enormous herd exhales / An oily ſteam, and taints the noon-tide gales. / To that receſs, commodious for ſurprize, / When purple light shall ſuffuſe the skies, / […]"; "By this way the English general had chosen to approach the metropolis, both as most commodious for this cavalry, and as being probably of opinion that by doing so, he would meet in front with the Highlanders advancing from Edinburgh in the opposite direction."Synonyms: becoming, fit, proper, handy, usefularchaic

2. (now rare) Advantageous, profitable, beneficial.Examples: "I will now ſhew vnto you, an Example of a Shield, illuſtrated with manifold variety of Celeſtiall bodies, &c. Which will be very neceſſary and commodious to be inſerted in this place."; "When a poſition teems thus with commodious conſequences, who can without regret confeſs it to be falſe?"; "A little after Zeluco came of age, the aunt fixed her eyes on him as a commodious match for her niece."archaic

3. (now rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship.Examples: "The Paſſions that encline man to Peace, are Feare of Death; Deſire of such things as are neceſſary to commodious living; and a Hope by their Induſtry to obtain them."; "My Life (ſays Horace) ſpeaking to one of theſe Magnifico's) is a great deal more eaſie and commodious than thine, in that I can go into the Market and cheapen what I pleaſe without being wonder'd at; […]"; "The aim of government is peace, security and a commodious way of life, and if it attempts to impose upon a people by sheer force laws which they disapprove, resent and resist, they will not cooperate to provide it with the power it needs to enforce those laws and so far it will lose its right."archaic

4. (obsolete) Of a person, accommodating, obliging, helpful.Examples: "Patroclus will giue me any thing for the intelligence of / this whore: the Parrot will not doe more for an Almond, / then he for a commodious drab: […]"; "The dame's a most commodious quean, / A gypsy born, and go-hetween !"obsolete