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conveniently

adverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//kənˈviːnɪəntli//
  • United States//kənˈvinjəntli//

In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

    his body was now conveniently inclin'd towards me, and just softly chucking his smooth beardless chin, I asked him if he was afraid of a lady?

  2. 2

    In a manner provoking suspicion due to how well it suits someone's purposes.

    You expect me to believe that someone created a wormhole, and now conveniently has disassembled it?

    If you prefer to deal in actual figures, as opposed to conveniently distracting speculative ones, then do recall that the British taxpayer bailed out Lloyds to the tune of around £20bn, and continues to face a massive loss on those shares.

Etymology

Etymology tree English convenient Middle English -ly English -ly English conveniently From convenient + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more conveniently
superlative
most conveniently
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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