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C — Controllership to Convenient (Part 6 of 6)

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.

Convenient
(Con*ven"ient) 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. β€” Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.