If I were to comment on the size of the room

It would merit an equivocal answer.

'It is quite large' I might say.
'It is quite empty' I might say.

Though the latter seems more apt, the former prefers to stay an option. So it has come to this. The dilemma is a stubborn denial of the truth. But maybe a compromise of the two would be better?

'The room is large because it is empty'

I could say that.

I'm not sure if it is a compromise, but it sure is in one sentence. That's got to count for something right?

'The room is large because it is empty'

These past few months | weeks | days it has been more apparent that the people around me are growing up. Though I would have to say the term 'growing up' merits another equivocal adjective tied to its coat tails.

'Everyone is growing up' I might say.
'Everyone is growing apart' I might say.
'Everyone is growing weary' I might say.

A dilemma much more stubborn than the first. Equivocal it may be, but it nonetheless falls under the natural order of things. People grow up, people grow apart. Families grow up, families grow apart. A tree always did have branches that spread outward.

If I were to comment on the size of the room, I would rather not.
A denial of the truth I would so gladly keep.

It's been hard to breathe lately