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exˈpediently, adv. [f. expedient + -ly.] 1. As is expedient; suitably, conveniently.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xclvi. (1495) 948 Exspedyently to adde and put more therto. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 123 This gyfte of goostly scyence may do the same..more expedyently for mannes soule. 1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II 258 The office of the philosopher may expediently be separated from that of the historian. †2. Expeditiously, promptly; out of hand. Obs.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. i. 18 Do this expediently. |