ˈspāshəs adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French spacieux, from Latin spatiosus, from spatium space, room + -osus -ous — more at speed
1. : marked by large or ample space:
a. : vast in area ; especially : having broad open expanses
contains within its spacious borders … many geographical, climatic, and economic divisions — H.S.Commager
white villas … were scattered upon this spacious map — Nathaniel Hawthorne
b. : affording much room or space : not narrow or constricted : roomy
a land of villages and spacious countrysides — C.J.Brosnan
moved to a more spacious , rambling residence on a hilltop — E.A.Weeks
seemed so spacious and beautiful to stand high above the prairie and look around — O.E.Rölvaag
2. : marked by largeness, magnitude, or scope:
a. : comprehensive , wide , expansive
the spacious mountain air — R.M.Coates
one great spacious golden morning followed another — J.C.Powys
the topic is a spacious one, opening into many other fields — P.A.Wadsworth
b. : rich, varied, luxuriant or halcyon rather than circumscribed, inhibited, petty, or mean
spacious ease and generous enjoyment of life — Times Literary Supplement
a more spacious and stimulating existence than the farm could offer — H.L.Mencken
the spacious life of the wealthy in that time before the great wars — H.W.Baehr
Synonyms: see ample