Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conveniency"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Let's further think of this; Weigh what convenience
both of time and means May fit us to our shape.
--Shak.

With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have
judgment. --Shak.

2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble;
commodiousness; ease; accommodation.

Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next
suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper.

We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory
than our own conveniency. --Jer. Taylor.

3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or
advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an
accommodation.

A pair of spectacles and several other little
conveniences. --Swift.

4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something
at one's convenience.


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