inopportunelyadv.
/ɪnˌɒpəˈtjuːnli/ In an inopportune manner; at an unsuitable or inconvenient time; unseasonably.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb]
in (earlier on) untimec897
untimelyc1200
out of timea1325
in unseasona1400
importunelyc1425
in an evil (also ill, etc.) hour1490
importunatelya1492
at ungaina1500
untimeously1513
intempestively1548
out of season1548
timeless1586
unseasonably1586
inopportunely1609
unseasonablea1634
unopportunely1651
timelessly1673
unseasonally1941
1609 J. Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 353 For even that holy exercise [sc. prayer] may not be done inopportunely, no nor importunely.
1796 Dial. Amusem. Clergymen 208 (T.) You have taken me, said he, rather inopportunely today.
1885 Manch. Examiner 3 Feb. 5/4 The strike..is awkward, and comes inopportunely for the Reichsrath.
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