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Pre-timely
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —adj, —adv , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | at the right or an opportune or appropriate time |
| 2. | an archaic word for early |
| 'timeliness | |
| —n | |
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timely
late O.E. (adv.), from time (n.). As an adj. meaning "occurring at a suitable time" it is attested from c.1200.
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