Meanings
adverbexpediently (comparative more expediently, superlative most expediently)
comparative more expediently · superlative most expediently
- 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
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expediently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expediently
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“expediently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expediently. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expediently,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expediently.
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