spatiously

From spatious +‎ -ly.

spatiously (comparative more spatiously, superlative most spatiously)

1. Obsolete form of spaciously.
   • 1598, Francis Meres, “Youth”, in Palladis Tamia. Wits Treasury: Being the Second Part of Wits Common Wealth., London: […] P[eter] Short, for Cuthbert Burbie, […], →OCLC, page 65:

     As the parting of waies doth but a little differ at the firſt, bur the further that their parting extendes, the diſtance is more and more increaſed, fo that their differẽces are very ſpatiouſly oppoſed: ſo in youth a little progreſſe of yeares doth make a great difference.

   • c. 1605 (first performance), T[homas] M[iddleton], A Mad World, My Masters. […], London: […] H[enry] B[allard] for Walter Burre, […], published 1608, →OCLC, Act II, signature [B4], recto:

     Y’aue found me out my Lord, I cannot hide my ſelfe, / Your honour in^[sic] moſt ſpatiouſly welcome.

   • 1848, James D[wight] Dana, “Description of Species”, in United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. […], volume [VII] (Zoophytes), Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, Order I (Actinoidea), Suborder II (Alcyonaria), Family II (Alcyonidæ), Subfamily III (Spoggodinæ), page 625:

     Membranaceous and internally spatiously cellular; polyps not retractile.