Definition of expedient

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Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

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Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient..
Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
Inexpedient :: Inexpedient (a.) Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another..
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
Expedient :: Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.
Speed :: Speed (n.) To be expedient.
Resource :: Resource (n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
Inexpediently :: Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.
Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..
Unadvisable :: Unadvisable (a.) Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
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.
Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..
Advisable :: Advisable (a.) Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.
Ought :: Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
Impolitic :: Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure..
Expedient :: 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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