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expediently

expediently adverb: in an expedient manner.

Adverb

expediently (comparative more expediently, superlative most expediently)

  1. In an expedient manner.
    • Call it expediently located irony, or convenient rationalization, but I was keeping the money.2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 289

Forms of expediently

comparativemore expediently
superlativemost expediently

Origin of expediently

From expedient + -ly.

Questions about expediently

What does expediently mean?
Expediently means in an expedient manner.
What part of speech is expediently?
Expediently is an adverb.

Words near expediently in the dictionary

  1. expedient
  2. expediential
  3. expedientially
  4. expedientist
  5. expedientists
  6. expediently
  7. expedients
  8. expediment
  9. expediments
  10. expeding
  11. expeditate

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