单词 | timelily |
释义 | timelilyadv. In a timely manner. Cf. timely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > early or in good time soon?a1366 timelyc1390 in good timea1440 in good hour1603 timelily1608 in due hour1689 1608 H. Clapham Errour Left Hand 85 God giue the truth to preuaile timelily with me and all his people. 1682 tr. J. Milton Republican-Lett. 56 [I] am exceeding glad truly of your haveing so timelyly signified unto your Comanders..how much the same displeased your Majesty. 1799 W. Wennington tr. A. H. J. Lafontaine Man of Nature xxv. 225 Fanny..recollected, timelily, that a detail of this sort of discourse, to William, might have a very unpropitious denouëment. 1846 in J. O'Connor Hist. Irel. (1925) I. viii. 290 The government did wisely and timelily step in this year. 1913 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily News 30 Apr. 3/2 He has hit the ball hard and timelily. 1998 Econ. Devel. Rev. (Nexis) 1 Mar. Keep an eye on the regional financial crisis and price fluctuation so as to settle timelily with basic and situational measures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1608 |
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