Expedient

a.	1.	Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; - sometimes contradistinguished from right or principled. It is expedient for you that I go away. - John xvi. 7. Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. - Whately.
	2.	Quick; expeditious. His marches are expedient to this town. - Shak.
n.	1.	That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind? - Philips.
	2.	Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Noun	1.	expedient - a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Adj.	1.	expedient - serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" Antonyms: inexpedient - not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"
	2.	expedient - appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

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