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expediently
Variant of expedient
adjective
- useful for effecting a desired result; suited to the circumstances or the occasion; advantageous; convenient
- based on or offering what is of use or advantage rather than what is right or just; guided by self-interest; politic
noun
- an expedient thing; means to an end
- a device used in an emergency; makeshift; resource
Related Forms:
- expediently adverb
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