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Definitions of expedient
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That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. Webster Dictionary DB
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Means devised in an exigency; shift. Webster Dictionary DB
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A means; device. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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That which serves to promote: means suitable to an end: contrivance. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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That which promotes; means; contrivance. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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That which promotes an end; resource. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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A contrivance or shift; that which serves to promote or help forward any end or purpose. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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EXPEDIENTLY. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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Quick; expeditious. Webster Dictionary DB
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Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; - sometimes contradistinguished from right. Webster Dictionary DB
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Fit; convenient; advisable. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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Suitable: advisable. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Tending to promote; advisable; judicious. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Suitable under the circumstances; advantageous; advisable. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Tending to promote an object proposed; serviceable for a purpose; proper under the circumstances; conducive to one's own ends. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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Fit or suitable for the purpose; tending to promote some end; proper or necessary under the circumstances. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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