EXPEDIENCY
\ɛkspˈiːdi͡ənsi], \ɛkspˈiːdiənsi], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈiː_d_iə_n_s_i]\
Definitions of EXPEDIENCY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; - sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.
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The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; - sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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