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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Timesaving :: Timesaving (a.) Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient..
Advisable :: Advisable (a.) Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
Unadvisable :: Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
Overagitate :: Overagitate (v. t.) To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.
Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..
Inexpediently :: Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.
Afterthought :: Afterthought (n.) Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Speed :: Speed (n.) To be expedient.
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..
Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.
Dexterous :: Dexterous (a.) Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager..
Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..
Ineffectual :: Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient..
Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..
Expediency :: Expediency (n.) The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.
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