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expediently en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English expedient Middle English -ly English -ly English expediently From expedient + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an expedient manner.
    • Call it expediently located irony, or convenient rationalization, but I was keeping the money. 2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 289:

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most expediently Degree=Sup lexicographic
more expediently Degree=Cmp lexicographic