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Timely

/ˈtaɪmli/ · adjective

Meaning

Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
  2. Happening or appearing at the proper time.
  3. (obsolete) Keeping time or measure.
  4. (archaic) In good time; early, quickly.
  5. (obsolete) At the right time; seasonably.
  6. (law) In compliance with applicable time limits.

Example Sentences

If the whistleblower submitted a timely response, pursuant to Step 9, the Claims Review Staff will consider the issues, along with any supporting documentation, and make its Proposed Final Determination.
[…] and the timely dew of sleep, / Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines / Our eye-lids […]
There are people, I know, to be found, / ⁠Who say and apparently think / That sorrow and care may be drowned / By a timely consumption of drink.
The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt by the Russians.
High lifted up were many loftie towres, / And goodly galleries farre over laid, / Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres; / And on the top a Diall told the timely howres.
If I had been born more timely, he said, Rhaegar would have married me instead of Elia, and it would all have come out different.
And this we shall more readily perform, if we timely survey our knowledge, impartially singling out those encroachments, which junior compliance and popular credulity hath admitted.
On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals.

Synonyms for timely

well-timedtempestiveopportuneseasonabletidytimefultimelytimeousheaven-senttimesomeon timein timepromptpunctualaproposseasonablywell timed

Antonyms for timely

untimelyill-timedlatebackwardbehindhandbelatedlatedoverduetardyinopportuneunseasonableintempestivemistimedtimelessuntimeuntimeous

Related Words

punctualwell-timedseasonablyseasonableopportuneaproposwell timedtimeouslypunctualitypunctuallyopportunelypromptlysoonimmediatelyforthwithimmediatelatestup-to-dateconvenientlypresent

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does timely mean?

Timely means Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt..

What is a synonym for timely?

Common synonyms include well-timed, tempestive, opportune, seasonable.

What is the opposite of timely?

Possible antonyms include untimely, ill-timed, late, backward.

How do you use timely in a sentence?

If the whistleblower submitted a timely response, pursuant to Step 9, the Claims Review Staff will consider the issues, along with any supporting documentation, and make its Proposed Final Determination.

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