Conveniently

How to spell conveniently

12 letters · 4 syllables

How to pronounce conveniently

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What does conveniently mean?

1. adverbIn a way that causes little trouble or fits well with one's needs or schedule.

Conveniently in a sentence

• The hotel is conveniently located near the train station.

• The new shift pattern conveniently frees up her mornings.

Where does conveniently come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This adverb traces back to the Latin verb convenire, which literally meant 'to come together' or 'to assemble', formed from con- 'together' and venire 'to come'. From the idea of things coming together neatly, the sense drifted toward 'being suitable' or 'fitting', and the present participle conveniens came to mean 'agreeing' or 'appropriate'. English borrowed the adjective 'convenient' through Old French in the late 1300s, originally meaning 'fitting' or 'agreeable', and the adverb 'conveniently' followed by adding the native -ly ending. The same venire root still surfaces in everyday relatives such as 'venue', 'avenue', 'invent', and 'venture', each carrying a buried sense of coming or arriving. The spelling trap sits in the middle: the unstressed -ven- and the -ient- cluster, where writers often hesitate over whether it is -ient or -iant.

How the word is built

• con- (together)
• ven (come, from Latin venire)
• -ient (adjective ending)
• -ly (adverb)