timely

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Happening or done at the right or most useful moment.

   Thanks to a timely warning, everyone reached safety.

2. 2
   adj

   Done before a deadline; prompt.

   Please make sure you give a timely response to the invitation.

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.

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