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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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