Conveniency
[kәn'vi:njәnsi]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
(n.) Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
(n.) That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.
(n.) A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.
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Examples
- Mr Venus, would you make yourself useful, and take a seat beside me, sir, for the conveniency of snuffing the candles? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is difficult to say which is most trifling, this inconveniency, or the opposite conveniency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- So far Europe has, no doubt, gained a real conveniency, though surely a very trifling one. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A tax upon them would fall altogether upon the proprietor, who would thus be taxed for a subject which afforded him neither conveniency nor revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In every part of her life, a woman feels some conveniency or advantage from every part of her education. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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