expediently, inadvisably
(adverb) in an expedient manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expediently (comparative more expediently, superlative most expediently)
In an expedient manner
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pe"di*ent*ly adv.
1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
2. With expedition; quickly. [Obs.]
Ex*pe"di*ent a. Etym: [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. expédient. 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. It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7. 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.
2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.] His marches are expedient to this town. Shak.
Ex*pe"di*ent, n.
1. 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.
2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Syn.
– Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
