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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convenient \Con*ven"ient\ (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p. pr of convenire to be suitable, to come See {Convene}, v. i.] 1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic] Feed me with food convenient for me --Prov. xxx. 8. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. --Eph. v. 4. 2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use handly; as a convenient house; convenient implements or tools. 3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as a convenient occasion; a convenient season. --Acts xxiv. 25. 4. Near at hand; easy of access [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. --Thackeray. Syn: Fit suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: convenient adj 1: suited to your comfort or purpose or needs "a convenient excuse for not going" [ant: {inconvenient}] 2: easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [syn: {handy}, {ready to hand(p)}] 3: large and and roomy; "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"; (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) [syn: {commodious}] [ant: {incommodious}]
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