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timely

adj
/ˈtaɪmli/

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.

  1. inherited from *tīmlīc✻
  2. inherited from timely

Definitions

  1. Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. In good time

      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.

    2. At the right time

      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.

    3. 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.

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Derived

mistimely, overtimely, timelily, timeliness, timely-parted, untimely

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at timely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at timely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at timely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA