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expediently
ex·pe·di·ent E0284400 (ĭk-spē′dē-ənt)adj.1. Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose: thought email was the most expedient way to communicate with distant relatives.2. Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle: changed his position when it was politically expedient.3. Obsolete Speedy; expeditious.n.1. Something that is a means to an end, especially when based on self-interest: compromised only as an expedient to boost his career.2. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need: exhausted every expedient before filing a lawsuit.
[Middle English, from Latin expediēns, expedient-, present participle of expedīre, to make ready; see expedite.]
ex·pe′di·ent·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | expediently - in an expedient mannerinadvisablyinexpediently - in an inexpedient manner |
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