adj.
- Suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs: a convenient time to receive guests; a convenient excuse for not going.
- Easy to reach; accessible: a bank with branches at six convenient locations.
- Close at hand; near: an apartment that is convenient to shopping and transportation.
- Obsolete. Fitting and proper; suitable.
[Middle English, from Latin conveniēns, convenient-, present participle of convenīre, to be suitable, fit. See convene.]
conveniently con·ven'ient·ly adv.
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