expediently

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ex·pe·di·ent

(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.

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.

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Adv. 1. expediently - in an expedient manner

inadvisably

inexpediently - in an inexpedient manner

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proprement

expediently

adv → zweckmäßigerweise

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