timelinessn.

a1500 Medulla Gram. (Harl. 2270) f. 185, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Timelines Temporalitas, tymelyness [c1480 Pepys tymbynes].

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 56 Transferring thy toyling, to timelines tought, This teacheth thee temprance, to temper thy thought.

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. H2^v Difficulties..kindle..the generous spirits, & adde that to their diligence, which was wantting in their timelines.

1679 T. Pierce Decad of Caveats to People Eng. 289 He manifested his Prudence, by the timeliness of his Flight.

1723 Considerations Present State Popery in Eng. 73 The Presumption of every Subject's assuming to himself a Privilege to argue upon, and determine, not only the Justice of Laws..but the Wisdom and Timeliness of them.

1749 tr. J. B. L. Crevier Rom. Hist. XIII. xli. iii. 18 He did not however abandon his enterprize; well knowing that the timeliness of the succour was what was most essential in these circumstances.

1817 Ladies' Monthly Museum Apr. 200 The timeliness of death depended altogether upon the age of the individual.

1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 76 The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.

1868 J. Ruskin First Notes Princ. Employm. for Destitute & Criminal Classes 4 All measures of reformation are effective in exact proportion to their timeliness.

1921 Mod. Philol. 19 214 Winnere and Wastoure is primarily a poem on contemporary social and economic problems. The effect of the poem, therefore, depends largely upon the timeliness of its allusions.

1991 Filmfax Dec. 94/1 Hurried onto the sound stage to take advantage of the timeliness of its theme, Black Dragons had a hectic production.

1613 C. Brooke in C. Brooke & W. Browne Two Elegies i. xiii. sig. B3 His timelinesse did so preuent his date, That ere the Flowre was look't for came the fruit.