timely
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.
Base: time
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: timelier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: timeliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more timely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most timely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Happening or appearing at the proper time.
pos: adj
examples: […] 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.
gloss: Keeping time or measure.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: In good time; early, quickly.
pos: adv
tags: archaic
examples: 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.
gloss: At the right time; seasonably.
pos: adv
tags: obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: In compliance with applicable time limits.
pos: adv
examples: On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals.
[…] § 2255's one-year limitation period starts to run when the time for seeking such review expires. Under this rule, Clay's § 2255 petition was timely filed.
Synonyms: well-timed
tempestive
opportune
seasonable
tidy
timeful
timely
timeous
heaven-sent
timesome
Antonyms: untimely
Related words: timeliness
timeously
seasonably
tidely
Derived words: mistimely
overtimely
pretimely
timelily
timeliness
timely-parted
untimely
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: tydig
lang: Bulgarian
word: своевременен
roman: svoevremenen
lang: Catalan
word: oportú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 及時 /及时
roman: jíshí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 適時 /适时
roman: shìshí
lang: Dutch
word: tijdig
lang: Dutch
word: actueel
lang: Estonian
word: õigeaegne
lang: Finnish
word: oikea-aikainen
lang: German
word: zeitgerecht
lang: German
word: fristgerecht
lang: German
word: zur rechten Zeit
lang: German
word: rechtzeitig
lang: German
word: zeitnah
lang: German
word: zügig
lang: German
word: rasch
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καίριος
roman: kaírios
lang: Hungarian
word: időszerű
lang: Irish
word: ócáideach
lang: Irish
word: tráthúil
lang: Old Irish
word: tráthach
lang: Old Irish
word: tráthaigthech
lang: Old Irish
word: tráthamail
lang: Italian
word: tempestivo
lang: Japanese
word: 適時の
roman: tekiji no
lang: Japanese
word: 渡りに舟の
roman: watari ni fune nono
lang: Latin
word: temporāneus
lang: Macedonian
word: своевре́мен
roman: svoevrémen
lang: Manx
word: traaoil
lang: Portuguese
word: oportuno
lang: Russian
word: своевре́менный
roman: svojevrémennyj
lang: Swedish
word: vältajmad
lang: Thai
word: ถูกเวลา
lang: Bulgarian
word: навременен
roman: navremenen
lang: Catalan
word: oportú
lang: Dutch
word: tijdig
lang: Estonian
word: õigeaegne
lang: Finnish
word: oikea-aikainen
lang: French
word: opportun
lang: French
word: au bon moment
lang: German
word: rechtzeitig
lang: German
word: zeitgemäß
lang: German
word: frühzeitig
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καίριος
roman: kaírios
lang: Irish
word: ócáideach
lang: Irish
word: tráthúil
lang: Old Irish
word: tráthach
lang: Old Irish
word: tráthaigthech
lang: Old Irish
word: tráthamail
lang: Italian
word: opportuno
lang: Italian
word: tempestivo
lang: Latin
word: temporāneus
lang: Macedonian
word: на́времен
roman: návremen
lang: Manx
word: traaoil
lang: Portuguese
word: oportuno
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пра̏вовремен
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȁvovremen
lang: Thai
word: ตรงเวลา
lang: Vietnamese
word: hợp thời