All 3 Uses of
expedient
in
The Swiss Family Robinson
- Every expedient was tried, and at length, when the animal was subdued by hunger, I thought I might venture to mount her; and having given her the strongest curb and shackled her feet, I attempted to do so.†
Chpt 8expedient = convenient, speedy, or practical; or an action that is speedy or practical
- She was as unruly as ever, and as a last expedient I resolved to adopt a plan which, though cruel, was I knew attended with wonderful success by the American Indians, by whom it is practised.†
Chpt 8 *
- The very rocks rang, but nothing came of it, so despair drove me to think of an expedient.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
a practical action -- especially one that accepts negative tradeoffs due to circumstances
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical