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capaciously

capaciously adverb: in a capacious manner.

Adverb

capaciously (comparative more capaciously, superlative most capaciously)

  1. In a capacious manner.
    • But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]1820, Sophocles, “Œdipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant. A Tragedy, in Two Acts. […]”, in Percy Bysshe Shelley, transl., edited by [Mary] Shelley, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […]...

Forms of capaciously

comparativemore capaciously
superlativemost capaciously

Origin of capaciously

From capacious + -ly.

Questions about capaciously

What does capaciously mean?
Capaciously means in a capacious manner.
What part of speech is capaciously?
Capaciously is an adverb.

Words near capaciously in the dictionary

  1. capacified
  2. capacifies
  3. capacify
  4. capacifying
  5. capacious
  6. capaciously
  7. capaciousness
  8. capaciousnesses
  9. capacitance
  10. capacitances
  11. capacitary

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