happening at exactly the right time:
A nasty incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police. * This has been a timely reminder to us all. * I was grateful for your timely intervention.
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timeliness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for timely is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is timely a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, timely is tagged as adjective.
Does timely appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — timely appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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