seasonablyadv.
/ˈsiːzn̩əbli/, /ˈsiːz(ə)nəbli/, U.S. /ˈsizn̩əbli/, /ˈsiznəbli/ 1. In a fitting time; at the right moment; in due season.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb]
in timea1325
in good timec1325
in seasonc1330
tidefullya1340
tidily1340
betimesc1380
betimec1385
opportunelyc1425
at one's leisure1481
maturely1531
seasonably1532
timeously1538
timefully1614
tempestively1628
patly1632
opportune1667
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxliv Pardy shyne the sonne neuer so bright, & it bring forthe no heate, ne sesonably the herbes out bringe of ye erthe,..ye wolde wonder & dispreyse that son.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. ii. 43 The prince will be but a steward hereof, seasonably to lay it out for publike vse.
a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 55 When I was almost senseless, my Surgeon came seasonably, and bound up the wound, and stopt the bleeding.
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 246 This Sermon was very seasonably deliver'd.
1817 R. Southey Wat Tyler i. i The sun would shine as cheerly, The rains of heaven as seasonably fall, Though neither of these royal pests existed.
1885 Manch. Examiner 28 Sept. 5/3 A controversy which has broken out seasonably in the columns of a London contemporary.
2. Used for seasonally adv.
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1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) iv. xxvii. §7. 388 The hours worked in all the jobs concerned (omitting those in which hours varied weekly or seasonably).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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