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expediential, a.|ɛkˌspɛdɪˈɛnʃəl|
[f. as if L. *expedientia expediency + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or having regard to what is expedient.
1850Kingsley Raleigh Misc. I. 65 A worldly expediential letter, appealing to low motives. a1855Hare in F. Hall Mod. Eng. viii. 316 note, An expediential policy. 1890Sat. Rev. 12 Apr. 434/1 The expediential issues involved in the Home Rule question.
Hence expediˈentially adv., in an expediential manner, as a matter of expediency.
1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 39 We should never deviate, save expedientially, from established usage. |