a. Obs. rare. [f. L. expedīt- ppl. stem of expedīre (see EXPEDITE) + -ORY.] Making haste; expeditious.
1769. J. Cook, in Cambridge Mag., 166/1. My method then is this, both safe and expeditory.
1771. Franklin, Autobiog., Wks. 1793, 6 (Worcester, 1846). Sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised.
1829. J. Bennett, Meth. Writing, 2. The foregoing expeditory Rules for writing a fast Running-hand.
1867. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,, 27 Aug., 2/3. Congress had directed inquiries into the practicability of effecting a more speedy adjustment; but no expeditory plan has been found feasible.
