timely
adverb
- opportunely/seasonably (at a fitting/suitable/favorable time)
adjective
- synchronize
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmli/
adj
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.
- Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
“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.”
- Happening or appearing at the proper time.
“[…] 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.”
- Keeping time or measure.
“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.”
adv
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.
- In good time; early, quickly.
“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.”
- At the right time; seasonably.
“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.”
- In compliance with applicable time limits.
“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.”