Both Uses of
expedient
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Across the middle of it a single sentence had been formed by the expedient of pasting printed words upon it.†
Chpt 4
- she adopted the expedient of cutting out the words which would form the message, and addressing the letter in a disguised hand.
Chpt 15 *expedient = practical action
Definition:
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(expedient) a practical action -- especially one that accepts negative tradeoffs due to circumstances
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical