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expedient
(mass) | expedient
- prostriedok |
expedient
(encz) | expedient,prospěšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
expedient
(encz) | expedient,prostředek n: Zdeněk Brož |
expedient
(encz) | expedient,účelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
expedient
(encz) | expedient,vhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Expedient
(gcide) | Expedient \Ex*pe"di*ent\a. [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of
expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F.
exp['e]dient. See Expedite.]
1. 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 or principled.
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It is expedient for you that I go away. --John xvi.
7.
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Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since
that can never be true expediency which would
sacrifice a greater good to a less. --Whately.
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2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.]
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His marches are expedient to this town. --Shak.
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Expedient
(gcide) | Expedient \Ex*pe"di*ent\, n.
1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to
accomplish an end.
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What sure expedient than shall Juno find,
To calm her fears and ease her boding mind?
--Philips.
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2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Syn: Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
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expedient
(wn) | expedient
adj 1: serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when
mercy was expedient" [ant: inexpedient]
2: appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it
was expedient to express loyalty"
n 1: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical
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expedient
(mass) | expedient
- prostriedok |
expedient
(encz) | expedient,prospěšný adj: Zdeněk Brožexpedient,prostředek n: Zdeněk Brožexpedient,účelný adj: Zdeněk Brožexpedient,vhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
expediently
(encz) | expediently, |
inexpedient
(encz) | inexpedient,bezúčelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inexpediently
(encz) | inexpediently, adv: |
temporary expedient
(encz) | temporary expedient, n: |
Expediential
(gcide) | Expediential \Ex*pe`di*en"tial\
Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential
policy. "Calculating, expediential understanding." --Hare. --
Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly, adv. --Fitzed. Hall
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Expedientially
(gcide) | Expediential \Ex*pe`di*en"tial\
Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential
policy. "Calculating, expediential understanding." --Hare. --
Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly, adv. --Fitzed. Hall
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Expediently
(gcide) | Expediently \Ex*pe"di*ent*ly\adv.
1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
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2. With expedition; quickly. [Obs.]
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Inexpedient
(gcide) | Inexpedient \In`ex*pe"di*ent\, a.
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending
to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable
to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be
inexpedient at another.
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If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient
to use those ceremonies. --Bp. Burnet.
Syn: Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable;
inadvisable; disadvantageous.
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Inexpediently
(gcide) | Inexpediently \In`ex*pe"di*ent*ly\, adv.
Not expediently; unfitly.
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Unexpedient
(gcide) | Unexpedient \Un`ex*pe"di*ent\, a.
Inexpedient. [Obs.]
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expedient
(wn) | expedient
adj 1: serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when
mercy was expedient" [ant: inexpedient]
2: appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it
was expedient to express loyalty"
n 1: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical
one |
expediently
(wn) | expediently
adv 1: in an expedient manner [syn: expediently,
inadvisably] [ant: inexpediently] |
inexpedient
(wn) | inexpedient
adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant:
expedient]
2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise] |
inexpediently
(wn) | inexpediently
adv 1: in an inexpedient manner [ant: expediently,
inadvisably] |
temporary expedient
(wn) | temporary expedient
n 1: an unplanned expedient [syn: improvisation, {temporary
expedient}] |
inexpedient
(devil) | INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
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