'Conveniency' definitions:

Definition of 'Conveniency'

From: GCIDE
  • Convenience \Con*ven"ience\ (?; 106), Conveniency \Con*ven"ien*cy\, n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient.]
  • 1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. [1913 Webster]
  • Let's further think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. [1913 Webster]
  • A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience. [1913 Webster]

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