Timely

Quick meaning: Timely is an adjective meaning Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

[…] and the timely dew of sleep, / Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines / Our eye-lids […]

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.

On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals.

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.

Word Forms

• timelier
• timeliest

Synonyms for timely

Depending on context, synonyms include well-timed, tempestive, opportune, seasonable, tidy, timeful.

Antonyms for timely

Common opposites include untimely, ill-timed, late, backward, behindhand, belated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include punctual, well-timed, seasonably, seasonable, opportune, apropos.

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