Definition of expedient

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Expedient (a.) 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..

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Makeshift :: Makeshift (n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Impolitic :: Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure..
Happy :: Happy (superl.) Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen..
Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..
Facile :: Facile (a.) Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen..
Inconvenient :: Inconvenient (a.) Not becoming or suitable; unfit; inexpedient.
Inexpediently :: Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.
Expediment :: Expediment (n.) An expedient.
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.
Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others..
Inexpediency :: Inexpediency (n.) The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures..
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Inventive :: Inventive (a.) Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius..
Unexpedient :: Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.
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