All 3 Uses of
expedient
in
Obasan
- Grandma Nakane, Uncle's mother, was too old then to understand political expediency, race riots, the yellow peril.†
Chpt 4expediency = convenient, speedy, or practical; or an action that is speedy or practical
- Expedience still demands decisions which will one day be judged unjust.
Chpt 7 *expedience = the need for practical actions
- There were a few politicians sitting up late into the night, weighing conscience against expedience.†
Chpt 27expedience = convenience, speediness, or practicality
Definition:
a practical action -- especially one that accepts negative tradeoffs due to circumstances
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical