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unˈtimeously, adv. Chiefly Sc.
[un-1 11, or f. prec.]
= untimely adv.
1513Douglas æneid vi. vii. 11 Ȝoung babbeis..From the sweit lyf twynnit vntymusly. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. xv. (S.T.S.) I. 188 The romanis..had bene vntymuslie invadit be þe wolchis. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 56 Scho pairtit wntymouslie witht ane deid bairne. 1640Baillie Lett. (1841) I. 262 The cold[ness] of the good old Generall..did shortlie cast water on this spunk, beginning most untymouslie to reek. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1851) II. 273 This commvnion wes thocht to be vntymouslie givin heir. 1821Scott Kenilw. xv, It must be some perilous cause puts her Grace in motion thus untimeously. 1851Borrow Lavengro lxxi, My husband..came to his death untimeously. 1894Hall Caine Manxman i. x, Dreaming that the poor lad has come to his end untimeously. |