— expediently , adv.
/ik spee"dee euhnt/ , adj.
1. tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go.
2. conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
3. acting in accordance with expediency.
n.
4. a means to an end: The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
5. a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift: Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.
[ 1350-1400; ME expedient- (s. of expediens ), prp. of expedire. See EXPEDITE, -ENT ]
Syn. 1. advisable, appropriate, desirable; advantageous, profitable. 5. device, contrivance, resort.
Ant. 1. disadvantageous.