expediently

1. 1.

   in an expedient manner

   Synonymsinadvisably

   Antonymsinexpediently

Questions about expediently

What does expediently mean?

expediently means "in an expedient manner".

How many syllables are in expediently?

expediently has 4 syllables: ex-pe-dient-ly. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for expediently?

Close synonyms include inadvisably. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of expediently?

The recorded antonyms are inexpediently.

Is expediently a common word?

expediently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.