Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conveniency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: con-ve-nien-cy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] with all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment […]"
"Euery day, thou dofftſt me, vvith ſome deuiſe Iago; / And rather, as it ſeemes to me, thou keepeſt from me, / All conueniency, then ſupplieſt me, vvith the leaſt / Aduantage of hope: […]"
"[…] we are rather intent upon the end of Gods glory, than our own conveniency or temporal satisfaction."
"1791, Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 2, “1776,” p. 21, A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger."
"They refuse to legalize the marriages of their slaves, but induce them to form such temporary connexions as may suit the owner’s conveniency, just as they would pair the lower animals; and this man has the effrontery to tell us so!"

Etymology

Alteration of convenience with -ency.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -ency

Usage

Inflected Forms

conveniencies (plural)

Phrases

leathern conveniency

Questions

What does conveniency mean?: Convenience.
Where does conveniency come from?: Alteration of convenience with -ency.

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