Tardis-like adj.
denoting something whose capacity is greater than is suggested by its exterior appearance
Also as adv.
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[1976 Liverpool Echo 23 Dec. 6/6
For those, like me, who always imagined that letters found their way from the four corners of the globe to the appropriate front doors as if transmitted by some Tardis-like magic device devised by a Dr. Who in the Postmaster-General’s office, it was a revelation to discover what goes on before the mail goes out. ]
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1984 Motor 12 May 9/1 (advt.)
The line of the new Alfa 33 is a product of advanced mathematics. Computer calculations that created a compact aerodynamic style…and roomy, ‘Tardis’ like interior.
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2000
Small family homes that, Tardis-like, have miraculously created the space to accommodate big-boned American families.
McCarthy's Bar viii. 151
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antedating 1984
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Added to the OED in June 2002.
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