| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (I) Individual Volition | | Section II. Prospective Volition |
| 2. Degree of Subservience |
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| 646. [Specific Subservience.] Expedience. |
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| NOUN: | EXPEDIENCE or expediency, desirability, desirableness &c. adj.; fitness (agreement) [See Agreement]; utility [See Utility]; propriety; opportunism; advantage, opportunity; pragmatism, pragmaticism; a working proposition.
high time (occasion) [See Occasion]; suitable time or season, tempestivity [obs.].
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| VERB: | BE EXPEDIENT &c. adj.; suit (agree) [See Agreement]; befit; suit -, befit- the -time, - season, - occasion; produce the goods [colloq.].
CONFORM [See Conformity].
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| ADJECTIVE: | EXPEDIENT; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting &c. v.; opportune (in season) [See Occasion]; in loco [L.]; suitable (accordant) [See Agreement]; applicable (useful) [See Utility].
PRACTICAL, practicable, effective, pragmatic, pragmatical.
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| ADVERB: | CONVENIENTLY &c. adj.; in the nick of time; in the right place.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Operæ pretium est.
- The end must justify the means.—Prior
- Too fond of the Right to pursue the Expedient.—Goldsmith—of Burke
- Principle is ever my motto, not expediency.—Disraeli
- Expediency is the science of exigencies.—Kossuth
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