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noun

Conveniency, Convenience n.

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

Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. "Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs." "We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency."

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."

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

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"Convenience" Quotes from Famous Books

... with others, I am only concerned with myself. I take advantage of the fact that the majority of mankind are led by certain rewards to do things which directly or indirectly tend to my convenience." ...

— Of Human Bondage • W. Somerset Maugham

... between the Shack and the wireless station about the middle of April, the parts all being made by himself; and it was certainly an ingenious and valuable contrivance. I, in particular, learned to appreciate the convenience of it as time went on. The buzzer was fixed on the wall close to the head of my bunk and I could be called any time during the night from the wireless station, thus rendering it possible to reply to communications without loss of time. Further, during the winter nights, when auroral observations ...

— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson

... get tired of you in a year—and you of him. And then what? You are not the one to sit still; neither am I. I live for myself, and you shall live for yourself, too—not for a Swedish baron. They make a convenience of people like you and me. A gentleman is better than an employer, but an equal partnership against all the 'yporcrits is the thing for you and me. We'll go on wandering the world over, you and I both free and both true. You are no cage bird. We'll rove together, for we are of them that have ...

— Victory • Joseph Conrad

... parlor below stood several trunks and cases belonging to Mrs. Barlow, and left there for her convenience, ...

— Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 - Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. • Louisa M. Alcott

... Dieri, that the perturbed spirit had quitted his narrow bed to pace to and fro in the long hours of darkness; but if no footprints were visible they thought that he slept in peace.[198] In some parts of Western Australia the natives maintained fires on the grave for more than a month for the convenience of the ghost; and they clearly expected him to come to life again, for they detached the nails from the thumb and forefinger of the corpse and deposited them in a small hole beside the grave, in order that they might know their friend at his resurrection.[199] The length of time during which ...

— The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) • Sir James George Frazer

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