expedientlyadv.

Etymology: < expedient adj. + -ly suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈpediently.

1. As is expedient; suitably, conveniently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adverb]

hendc1275

expediently1495

adequately1639

expedientially1873

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxlvi. sig. ooiij^v/2 Yf they woll amende and correcte that þ^t is vnsuffycyently sayd and them exspedyently to adde and put more therto.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOv This gyfte of gostly science, maye do..the same..more expediently for mannes soule.

1804 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 2 258 The office of the philosopher may expediently be separated from that of the historian.

†2. Expeditiously, promptly; out of hand. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > expeditiously

post-haste1597

expeditiously1603

dispatchedly1611

expedientlya1616

post1632

dispatchful1725

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. i. 18 Do this expediently .

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	expediently
释义	expedientlyadv. Etymology: < expedient adj. + -ly suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈpediently. 1. As is expedient; suitably, conveniently. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adverb] hendc1275 expediently1495 adequately1639 expedientially1873 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxlvi. sig. ooiij^v/2 Yf they woll amende and correcte that þ^t is vnsuffycyently sayd and them exspedyently to adde and put more therto. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOv This gyfte of gostly science, maye do..the same..more expediently for mannes soule. 1804 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 2 258 The office of the philosopher may expediently be separated from that of the historian. †2. Expeditiously, promptly; out of hand. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > expeditiously post-haste1597 expeditiously1603 dispatchedly1611 expedientlya1616 post1632 dispatchful1725 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. i. 18 Do this expediently . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adv.1495
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