Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expediently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pe-di-ent-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an expedient manner.

Example Sentences

"Call it expediently located irony, or convenient rationalization, but I was keeping the money."

Etymology

Etymology tree English expedient Middle English -ly English -ly English expediently From expedient + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more expediently (comparative) most expediently (superlative)

Synonyms

inadvisably

Questions

What does expediently mean?: In an expedient manner.
Where does expediently come from?: Etymology tree English expedient Middle English -ly English -ly English expediently From expedient + -ly.

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