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Meanings of expedient (expedients) in anglès

espanyol
conveniente

Serving to promote your interest.

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        conveniente

        Providing comfort.

              Usage of expedients in anglès
              1
              The fertility of his genius appeared in expedients and in quick contrivances.
              Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
              2
              I will find you expedients; it is my business to obey you.
              Dawn
              3
              One must not in all cases have recourse to the same expedients.
              Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
              4
              Even these expedients did not much hasten the progress of the expedition.
              The Life of Columbus / From His Own Letters and Journals and Oth...
              5
              One of the simplest and most effective expedients of defence was delay.
              The Gray Dawn
              6
              I find myself anxious indeed, but fertile in expedients for escaping unscathed.
              Escape, and Other Essays
              7
              The Conquerer's reign was a time of tentative expedients and simple solutions.
              Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
              8
              All sorts of legal and technical expedients were used to defer action.
              The Gray Dawn
              9
              By such expedients very much might be done for the literary atmosphere.
              Mankind in the Making
              10
              This is the reason why many expedients can not be even attempted.
              The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
              11
              Such expedients as these have never removed the discontents which produced them.
              The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 / Commander in Chief of th...
              12
              These are mere expedients, and expedients are only useful for the moment.
              A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / With Strictures on Politi...
              13
              To further either of these expedients, the Archduke would do his best.
              Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with ...
              14
              Our foe, though small, was altogether too fertile in expedients for us.
              When Knighthood Was in Flower / or, the Love Story of Charles Br...
              15
              But that officer, while an excellent soldier, was not fertile in expedients.
              In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
              16
              But it was said that these expedients were not devised by himself.
              The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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