conveniency
Americannoun
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conveniencies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of conveniency
From the Latin word convenientia, dating back to 1485–95. See convenience, -cy
Example Sentences
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Six islands in the Antilles where Lesser is more Believe me, Sire, these countries far surpass all the rest of the world in beauty and conveniency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Which being so, we do still hold that the conveniency of a thing must always go before the church's prescribing of it; go before, I mean, at least de congruo.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
“Couldst thou make it thy conveniency to speak English, Ned?” saith Father.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
Food, motion, rising, and going to sleep, dressing and visiting, had not depended, as at home, on my own conveniency and will.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Act appointing the Clerk to print the Declaration with the first conveniency, and to send it to Presbyteries, Sess.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
The costs are much of our conveniencies, some extra comforts or an easier life for all Americans.
From Newsweek
—When did these social conveniencies first come into use?
Some States furnished their troops amply not only with clothing, but with many comforts and conveniencies; others were more contracted in their supplies; while others left their troops almost destitute.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
As that was seated upon a great bay and sea, wherein were all the conveniencies for shipping and trade, so is Virginia.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley
Her companions were of easier mind; for they soon addressed themselves to such sleeping conveniencies as the little cabin could boast.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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