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Convenient

/kənˈviːniənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
  2. Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
  3. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.

Example Sentences

Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.
'If you please, m'm,' said Chloe at the door, 'there's the detective here again, and he would like to see the master if it's convenient.'
Some re-arrangement of equipment in the driving cars has produced a more convenient working space for the driver.
How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due.
Feed me with food convenient for me.
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.
[…] continual drinking is most convenient to the distemper of an hydropick body, though most disconvenient to its present welfare.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does convenient mean?

Convenient means Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient..

What is a synonym for convenient?

Common synonyms include expedient, simple, easy, commodious.

What is the opposite of convenient?

Possible antonyms include inconvenient, incommodious.

How do you use convenient in a sentence?

Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.

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