What does "expediency" mean?
Expediency: Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.] Making hither with all due expedience. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.] Forwarding this dear expedience. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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