Both Uses of
commodious
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious.†
Chpt 2.1 *incommodious = uncomfortably or inconveniently smallstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incommodious means not and reverses the meaning of commodious. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- It was an old-fashioned place, moreover, in the moral attribute that the partners in the House were proud of its smallness, proud of its darkness, proud of its ugliness, proud of its incommodiousness.†
Chpt 2.1incommodiousness = the quality of being uncomfortably or inconveniently smallstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incommodiousness means not and reverses the meaning of commodiousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
large and roomy