EXPEDITIOUSLY in a Sentence

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Gueulemer, built after this sculptural fashion, might have subdued monsters; he had found it more expeditious to be one.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXPEDITIOUSLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
expeditiously
 ad.  with efficiency; in an efficient manner
Classic Sentence:
1  They travelled as expeditiously as possible, and, sleeping one night on the road, reached Longbourn by dinner time the next day.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47
2  Mr. Heathcliff, perceiving us all confounded, rose, and expeditiously made the tea himself.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
3  She made a hasty gesture with her hand, as if to entreat my patience and my silence, and turned towards London, whence, as her dress betokened, she had come expeditiously on foot.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
4  He silently and expeditiously encased himself in the covering of the beast, and then awaited such other movements as his more aged companion saw fit to dictate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
5  With such thoughts as these, among ten hundred others, Fanny proceeded in her journey safely and cheerfully, and as expeditiously as could rationally be hoped in the dirty month of February.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  Thanks to Natasha's directions the work now went on expeditiously, unnecessary things were left, and the most valuable packed as compactly as possible.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIV
7  Gueulemer, built after this sculptural fashion, might have subdued monsters; he had found it more expeditious to be one.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASS...
8  Because a mistress is one of the cardinal's favorite means; he has not one that is more expeditious.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 23 THE RENDEZVOUS
9  I soon became at least as expeditious and as skilful as either of the other boys.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
Example Sentence:
1  The matter has certainly been handled expeditiously by the authorities.
2  They are almost as expeditious and effectual as Aladdin's lamp.
3  The judge said that arbitration was a fair and expeditious decision-making process.