Expedient: alternatives and connections

Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

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Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

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A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

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A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

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One who advocates or practices opportunism.

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One who advocates or practices opportunism.

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Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.

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Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.

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The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Away.

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A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

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The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.

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That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

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Alt. of Expediency

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Alt. of Expediency

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The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; ad…

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The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; ad…

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The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate conseque…

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The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate conseque…

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Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

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Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

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Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.

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Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.

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Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

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Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

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(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpo…

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Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpo…

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Profitable; useful.

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Profitable; useful.

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Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

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Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

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