'Timely' definitions:
Definition of 'timely'
(from WordNet)
adverb
adjective
Before a time limit expires; "the timely filing of his income tax return"
adjective
Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed" [syn: timely, seasonable, well-timed(a), well timed(p)]
Definition of 'Timely'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Timely'
From: GCIDE
- Timely \Time"ly\, adv. Early; soon; in good season. [1913 Webster]
- Timely advised, the coming evil shun. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose hither, For I have gained by it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'timely'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantageous,
- advisable,
- appropriate,
- auspicious,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- betimes,
- congruous,
- convenient,
- decent,
- desirable,
- expedient,
- favorable,
- feasible,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitten,
- fitting,
- fortunate,
- fructuous,
- good,
- happy,
- likely,
- lucky,
- meet,
- opportune,
- politic,
- profitable,
- promising,
- prompt,
- proper,
- propitious,
- prosperous,
- providential,
- punctual,
- recommendable,
- right,
- ripe,
- seasonable,
- seasonably,
- seemly,
- soon,
- sortable,
- suitable,
- to be desired,
- useful,
- well-timed,
- wise,
- worthwhile
Words containing 'Timely'
- At times,
- In time,
- The time is up,
- Time,
- Timed,
- Timeful,
- Times,
- Timing,
- What time,
- What time as,
- against time,
- all the time,
- at a time,
- at the same time,
- do time,
- for the time being,
- from time to time,
- in no time,
- just in time,
- of all time,
- on time,
- time and again,
- time and time again,
- time being,
- time off,
- time out,
- Absolute time,
- Apparent time,
- Astronomical time,
- Benting time,
- Breathing time,
- Civil time,
- Close time,
- Cockshut time,
- Common time,
- Compound time,
- Cooling time,
- Double time,
- Equation of time,
- Equinoctial time,
- Father Time,
- Fence time,
- Half time,
- High time,
- In good time,
- Kipper time,
- Mean time,
- Pairing time,
- Psychophysical time,
- Pudding time,
- Quadruple time,
- Quick time,
- Quintuple time,
- Reaction time,
- Sideral time,
- Sidereal time,
- Solar time,
- Standard time,
- Time ball,
- Time bargain,
- Time bill,
- Time book,
- Time detector,
- Time enough,
- Time fuse,
- Time fuze,
- Time immemorial,
- Time lock,
- Time of day,
- Time out of mind,
- Time policy,
- Time signature,
- Time, IL,
- To beat time,
- To come to time,
- To give time,
- To go against time,
- To kill time,
- To make time,
- To mark time,
- To move against time,
- To redeem the time,
- To run against time,
- To serve the time,
- Tracts for the Times,
- Triple time,
- True time,
- Vintage time,
- a hundred times,
- a million times,
- access time,
- ahead of its time,
- ahead of time,
- all-time,
- arrival time,
- at one time,
- atlantic time,
- behind time,
- bering time,
- big time,
- biological time,
- breakfast time,
- buy time,
- central time,
- checkout time,
- clock time,
- closing time,
- clotting time,
- compensatory time,
- cosmic time,
- departure time,
- duple time,
- eastern time,
- elapsed time,
- ephemeris time,
- extra time,
- face time,
- flex time,
- for the first time,
- four times,
- free time,
- full time,
- geologic time,
- geological time,
- good time,
- good times,
- greenwich time,
- hadean time,
- hard time,
- hard times,
- harvest time,
- have a good time,
- hawaii time,
- haying time,
- in due time,
- in the nick of time,
- kill time,
- lead time,
- leisure time,
- light time,
- local time,
- long time,
- mark time,
- modern times,
- morning time,
- mountain time,
- musical time,
- nine times,
- old times,
- one at a time,
- one time,
- pacific time,
- part time,
- past times,
- period of time,
- physiological time,
- point in time,
- present times,
- prime time,
- processing time,
- question time,
- ravages of time,
- real time,
- regulation time,
- relaxation time,
- residence time,
- response time,
- roman times,
- running time,
- seek time,
- serve time,
- show time,
- six times,
- slow time,
- small time,
- space time,
- spare time,
- starting time,
- take time,
- take time off,
- terrestrial time,
- thousand times,
- three times,
- time and a half,
- time bomb,
- time capsule,
- time clock,
- time constant,
- time deposit,
- time draft,
- time exposure,
- time frame,
- time interval,
- time lag,
- time limit,
- time loan,
- time machine,
- time note,
- time of arrival,
- time of departure,
- time of life,
- time of origin,
- time of year,
- time period,
- time plan,
- time saving,
- time scale,
- time series,
- time sharing,
- time sheet,
- time signal,
- time slot,
- time study,
- time to come,
- time unit,
- time value,
- time zone,
- time-out,
- times square,
- times table,
- transmission time,
- travel time,
- turnaround time,
- two time,
- two times,
- unit of time,
- universal time,
- waste of time,
- waste time,
- well timed,
- when the time comes,
- while away the time,
- work time,
- yukon time,
- Ill-timed,
- Time-honored,
- Time-table,
- To give the time of day,
- To take time by the forelock,
- Watchman's time detector,
- Wrong-timed,
- alaska standard time,
- atlantic standard time,
- bering standard time,
- big time operator,
- central standard time,
- coordinated universal time,
- eastern standard time,
- extended time scale,
- fast time scale,
- full-time,
- good-time,
- greenwich mean time,
- half-time,
- hawaii standard time,
- life-time,
- lunar time period,
- mean solar time,
- mountain standard time,
- musical time signature,
- old-time,
- one-time,
- pacific standard time,
- part-time,
- pulse timing circuit,
- real-time,
- run-time,
- slow time scale,
- small-time,
- space-time,
- spacecraft clock time,
- spacecraft event time,
- take time by the forelock,
- terrestrial dynamical time,
- time and motion study,
- time deposit account,
- time-ball,
- time-consuming,
- time-fuse,
- time-honoured,
- time-release,
- time-switch,
- time-tested,
- time-worn,
- two-time,
- two-timing,
- waste one's time,
- well-timed,
- Periodic time of a heavenly body,
- character-at-a-time printer,
- command processing overhead time,
- daylight-saving time,
- daylight-savings time,
- earth-received time,
- four-four time,
- line-at-a-time printer,
- old-time quaint,
- page-at-a-time printer,
- pulse-time modulation,
- real-time operation,
- real-time processing,
- run-time error,
- since a long time ago,
- space-time continuum,
- spare-time activity,
- time-and-motion study,
- time-motion study,
- time-scale factor,
- one-way light time,
- round-trip light time,
- time-delay measuring instrument,
- time-delay measuring system,
- track-to-track seek time