capaciously en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English capacious Middle English -ly English -ly English capaciously From capacious + -ly.
Meanings
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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. […], new edition, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1840, →OCLC, Act I, page 184:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more capaciously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most capaciously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |