timeliness
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Timeliness
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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timely (ˈtaɪmlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj, —adv , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | at the right or an opportune or appropriate time |
| 2. | an archaic word for early |
| 'timeliness | |
| —n | |
| timely (ˈtaɪmlɪ) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
The payment sum depended on article length, journal impact, and timeliness.
Timeliness is the health care system's capacity to provide care quickly after a need is recognized.
In my experience, such systems never allow for timeliness or spontaneity.
Editors boasted about the timeliness of their news, and how they had beaten other papers to it.
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