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conveniently, adv.|kənˈviːnɪəntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a convenient manner, in accordance with convenience.
†1. Congruously, harmoniously. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. x (1495) 37 Sadde setes ben conuenable and conuenyently joyned. 1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 59 Conjoyne your Elements..With all their Concords conveniently.
2. In accordance, in harmony; in accord with premises or facts, accordantly. rare.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. xxxii, It shall hym prouffyt yf he wyll apply To doo therafter ful conveniently. 1530Rastell Bk. Purgat. ii. xii, The soule convenyently must be infynyte. 1827C. Bridges Exp. Ps. cxix. (1830) 184 [God] acts conveniently with his own nature.
†3. Fittingly, suitably, appropriately. Obs.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 8 Convenyently this virgyne gloryous May to a margaryte comparyd be. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 39 Revenues to maynteyn honorably and convenyently the astate of a Duke. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. viii. 45 Such faire ostents of loue As shall conueniently become you there. 1653Walton Angler 49 My Hostis..is both cleanly and conveniently handsome. 1663Gerbier Counsel 9 That the Staires may stand conveniently to the Stories.
†4. With ethical or moral propriety. Obs.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 205 And they concluded, yt the king might conveniently ayde her with Golde and Sylver.
5. In a way that affords ease or comfort, or obviates difficulty; commodiously.
1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 62 With a Chimney, very properly and conveniently built. 1798Southey Eclog. i, A carriage road That sweeps conveniently from gate to gate. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iii. §4 They could not conveniently be wanting. 1871Ruskin Munera P. Pref. (1880) 26, I have now, more conveniently, divided the whole into six chapters.
b. In a way that fits one's purpose or desire.
1685Stillingfl. Orig. Brit. i. 47 So very conveniently [he] finds him in Britain when St. Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans.
6. With personal ease, facility, or comfort; readily; without trouble or difficulty.
1509Fisher Fun. Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 297 Vysytyng them as often as she conuenyently myght. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §22 An housbande can not conuenyentelye plowe his lande, and lode out his dounge bothe vppon a daye, with one draughte of beastes. 1611Bible Mark xiv. 11 He sought how he might conueniently betray him. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 69 Drink the Broth as soon as you can conveniently. 1859Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 9 If you could conveniently bring a small bag of meal with you. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 42 Some lesser points may be more conveniently noticed in this place. |