Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - convenient

1. If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose. ...a flexible and convenient way of paying for business expenses... The family thought it was more convenient to eat in the kitchen. ? inconvenient ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf • convenience They may use a credit card for convenience. N-UNCOUNT • conveniently The body spray slips conveniently into your sports bag for freshening up after a game. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV with cl 2. If you describe a place as convenient, you are pleased because it is near to where you are, or because you can reach another place from there quickly and easily. The town is well placed for easy access to London and convenient for Heathrow Airport... Martin drove along until he found a convenient parking place. = handy ADJ: oft ADJ for n c darkgreen]approval • conveniently It was very conveniently situated just across the road from the City Reference Library... ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, also ADV after v, ADV with cl 3. A convenient time to do something, for example to meet someone, is a time when you are free to do it or would like to do it. Would this evening be convenient for you? ? inconvenient ADJ 4. If you describe someone’s attitudes or actions as convenient, you think they are only adopting those attitudes or performing those actions in order to avoid something difficult or unpleasant. We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs... It does seem a bit convenient, doesn’t it? ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • conveniently They’ve conveniently forgotten the risk of heart disease... Conveniently, he had developed amnesia about that part of his life. ADV: usu ADV before v, also ADV with cl