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Timeliness - 3 dictionary results

time⋅ly

  [tahym-lee] adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb
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–adjective
1. occurring at a suitable time; seasonable; opportune; well-timed: a timely warning.
2. Archaic. early.
–adverb
3. seasonably; opportunely.
4. Archaic. early or soon.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME tim(e)liche, OE tīmlīce (adv.). See time, -ly

Related forms:
time⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See opportune.
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time·ly   (tīm'lē)   
adj.   time·li·er, time·li·est
  1. Occurring at a suitable or opportune time; well-timed.
  2. Archaic Coming too early; premature.
adv.  
  1. In time; opportunely.
  2. Archaic Early; soon.
time'li·ness n.
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Timeliness

Time"li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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