Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hastily; quickly.
- In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
- adverb obsolete With expedition; quickly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
expedient manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an expedient manner
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Examples
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I will say again, and hold to it, that the best gun a hunter can kill an animal with expediently is the one he shoots well.
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I will say again, and hold to it, that the best gun a hunter can kill an animal with expediently is the one he shoots well.
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Accordingly, she is harshly critical of those — American Jewish leaders in particular — who have "expediently" used the memory of the Holocaust to further this or that communal purpose.
The Uses of Hell': An Exchange Katz, Steven T. 2000
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The Government "expediently" bring forward legislation to provide the governance and funding framework for NBN Co.
iTnews Australia 2009
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The Government "expediently" bring forward legislation to provide the governance and funding framework for NBN Co.
iTnews Australia 2009
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The Government "expediently" bring forward legislation to provide the governance and funding framework for NBN Co.
iTnews Australia 2009
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The Government "expediently" bring forward legislation to provide the governance and funding framework for NBN Co.
iTnews Australia 2009
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In other words, Sadat -- the most hated man in the Middle East and the one who was held responsible for Egypt's precariousness, thanks to his having made peace with Israel -- had now been expediently sacrificed for the common good.
Gary S. Chafetz: Mubarak's Turn Gary S. Chafetz 2011
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In other words, Sadat -- the most hated man in the Middle East and the one who was held responsible for Egypt's precariousness, thanks to his having made peace with Israel -- had now been expediently sacrificed for the common good.
Gary S. Chafetz: Mubarak's Turn Gary S. Chafetz 2011
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I wish the Nuggets solved this problem more expediently, but big-business negotiations are rarely swift, harmonious endeavors.
Sam Dudley: Melo Is Full of... Sam Dudley 2011
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