Both Uses of
expedient
in
Little Dorrit
- The turnkey had strong private opinions as to what would become of poor Tip, and had even gone so far with the view of averting their fulfilment, as to sound Tip in reference to the expediency of running away and going to serve his country.†
Chpt 1.7
- Arthur thought of an expedient which...
Chpt 2.23 *expedient = an action that is speedy or practical
Definition:
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(expedient) a practical action -- especially one that accepts negative tradeoffs due to circumstances
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical