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well-timed, ppl. a.
1. Occurring, done, or made at a good or fitting time; timely, opportune.
1635–56Cowley Davideis iii. 839 But Jonathan..With well-tim'd zeal, and with an artful care, Restor'd, and better'd soon the nice affair. 1735Pope Ep. Lady 225 But Wisdom's triumph is well-tim'd Retreat. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. v, This well-timed present pleaded more powerfully in his favour, than anything I had to say could obviate. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xli. IV. 504 Their well-timed and rapid charge decided the conflict. 1855Paley æschylus Pref. p. xix, By a well-timed humility they might have escaped the curse of ancestral guilt. 1874R. Tyrwhitt Sketch. Club 149 A slight and well-timed frost next morning. 1902J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold 76 The question was well-timed.
2. Actuated in regular time or at the right moment.
1697Tutchin Search Honesty vi. 9 Two gentle Charons, Rowing, he espy'd, With Well-tym'd Oars, upon the Ebbing-Tyde. 1707E. Smith Phædra & Hipp. iii. 26 Ev'n now the well tim'd Oars With sounding Stroaks divide the sparkling Waves. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. lxxvi, With well-timed croupe the nimble coursers veer. |