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Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck. Dryden.

ing to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom. If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer.

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft.

to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." Shak. "Commodious gold." Pope. The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts. xxvii. 12.

Spacious; roomy. [Obs.] No roomer harbour in the place. Chaucer.

Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. "A roomful house." [R.] Donne.

The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.

Roomy. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Roomy; spacious. [Obs.] Fuller.

osing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. -- Spa"cious*ly, adv. -- Spa"cious*ness, n.

An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.