adj quick; expeditious.
2. expedient ·noun means devised in an exigency; shift.
3. expedient ·noun that which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
4. expedient ·adj 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.