1. As is expedient; suitably, conveniently.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. cxlvi. (1495), 948. Exspedyently to adde and put more therto.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 123. This gyfte of goostly scyence may do the same … more expedyently for mannes soule.
1804. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., II. 258. The office of the philosopher may expediently be separated from that of the historian.
† 2. Expeditiously, promptly; out of hand. Obs.
1600. Shaks., A. Y. L., III. i. 18. Do this expediently.
