What does "expedient" mean?
Expedient: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.Quick; expeditious. [Obs.] His marches are expedient to this town. Shak.
- 3.That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind Philips.
- 4.Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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