timeouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪməsli/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪməsli/, Scottish English

/ˈtʌiməslɪ/, /ˈtɪmɪəslɪ/, South African English

/ˈtaɪmiəsli/,

/ˈtaɪməsli/, West African English

/ˈtaimiɔsli/, East African English

/ˈtaimiasli/

Forms: late Middle English tymosly, 1700s– timeously, 1700s– timously; Scottish pre-1700 timouslie, pre-1700 tymeouslie, pre-1700 tymeously, pre-1700 tymmoslie, pre-1700 tymmouslie, pre-1700 tymoslie, pre-1700 tymouslie, pre-1700 tymously, pre-1700 tymouslye, pre-1700 tymuslie, pre-1700 1700s– timeously, pre-1700 1700s– timously.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -ous suffix, -ly suffix².

Etymology: < time n. + -ous suffix + -ly suffix², perhaps after righteously adv. (compare forms at that entry). Compare later timeous adj.It is uncertain whether the following show reduced forms or a morphologically distinct formation:1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 188 A chalder of quhet als arly and tymsly sawn as it ma be.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1180 To souppar went and tymysly thai slepe. Spelling pronunciations are sometimes found: compare note at timeous adj.

Now chiefly Scottish, South African, West African, and East African.

1. Chiefly Scottish. At an early point in the morning, day, season, etc. Now only as merged into sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]

earlyOE

orOE

ereOE

amornOE

amorrowc1275

rathec1275

betimea1300

morningc1325

of (also in, on) morningsc1395

a-morninga1400

a-morningsc1400

betimes1481

morningly1560

in the morning1562

ante meridiem1563

timeous1566

rare1574

in a morning1591

rearly1596

timeouslyc1600

mornly1605

a.m.1651

rear1714

antemeridian1770

bright and early1805

matutinely1833

matutinally1897

ack emma1918

a1450 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1931) 159 91 (MED) Go to þi soper soberly And to þi bed tymosly.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 259 Certane..horsmen, and fyftie hagbutaris past furth tymouslie in the mornyng.

1663 (?a1500) Pleasant Hist. Roswall & Lillian sig. B2 On the morn right timously, He did rise up.

1685 in M. Wood & H. Armet Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1954) XI. 136 Ther serveants be in raddines to cast in ther fulȝie..and ashes tymeously in the morneing each day.

1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 27 Feb. in Boswell in Holland (1952) 170 You went timeously to bed.

1797 Aberdeen Mag. 601 That the servants may go to bed, and get up timeously in the morning.

2. Originally Scottish. Sufficiently early, in good time; promptly; (Scots Law) before a fixed time limit has expired. Also: in a well-timed or opportune manner.

ΘΚΠ

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

1538 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 198 That thai vill caus schir Thomas Skune to do mes at ony altar..tymously for his vaigis.

1571–2 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 126 Quhairthrow the said Thomas Kennedy..may be dewlie and tymouslie adverteist thairof.

1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 319 If one presbyterie was not warnit tymeouslie, all the rest conveening cannot justlie make any conclusion whilk may binde that presbyterie.

1708 Royal Proclam. (Scotl.) in London Gaz. No. 4456/2 We Ordain Our Solicitor timeously to dispatch Copies of the above Proclamation.

1758 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) II. 34 Differences..which, if not properly, and timously attended to may be productive of the most serious consequences.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 244 That fitting preparation may be timeously made.

1824 S. Smith Amer. in Wks. (1859) II. 52/1 The existence of slavery,..if not timously corrected, will one day entail (and ought to entail) a bloody servile war upon the Americans.

1852 Free Trade & Protection 13 The working classes..will..do well timeously to ponder the..degradation which the free trade system threatens to inflict upon this country.

1901 Scotsman 13 Mar. 11/3 Undue detention of two vessels occasioned by the defenders failing timeously to deliver coals for loading.

1931 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Feb. 239/1 If indications of progressive tuberculization supervene, they may timeously be met by measures of detuberculization.

1991 Res. in Afr. Lit. 22 210 Anne Fuchs's book on the Market Theatre has appeared timeously in a year of momentous political change in South Africa.

1999 Kenya Gaz. 30 Dec. 2650 The Government of the Republic of Kenya ..has responded timeously and effectively to this technological and legal challenge.

2000 Session Cases ii. 153 In the first of those actions the pursuers failed to lodge the closed record timeously and the action was dismissed.

2003 Daily Disp. (E. London, S. Afr.) 18 July 16/3 I implore Lesley to return as soon as possible so that my fellow passengers and I can get home timeously.

2010 K. K. Adarkwa Housing as Strategy for Poverty Reduction Ghana (U.N. Human Settlem. Progr.) v. 16/1 Houses are not completed timeously..and in some cases, the process can span a period spanning more than ten years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	timeously
释义	timeouslyadv. Brit. /ˈtʌɪməsli/, U.S. /ˈtaɪməsli/, Scottish English /ˈtʌiməslɪ/, /ˈtɪmɪəslɪ/, South African English /ˈtaɪmiəsli/, /ˈtaɪməsli/, West African English /ˈtaimiɔsli/, East African English /ˈtaimiasli/ Forms: late Middle English tymosly, 1700s– timeously, 1700s– timously; Scottish pre-1700 timouslie, pre-1700 tymeouslie, pre-1700 tymeously, pre-1700 tymmoslie, pre-1700 tymmouslie, pre-1700 tymoslie, pre-1700 tymouslie, pre-1700 tymously, pre-1700 tymouslye, pre-1700 tymuslie, pre-1700 1700s– timeously, pre-1700 1700s– timously. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: time n., -ous suffix, -ly suffix². Etymology: < time n. + -ous suffix + -ly suffix², perhaps after righteously adv. (compare forms at that entry). Compare later timeous adj.It is uncertain whether the following show reduced forms or a morphologically distinct formation:1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 188 A chalder of quhet als arly and tymsly sawn as it ma be.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1180 To souppar went and tymysly thai slepe. Spelling pronunciations are sometimes found: compare note at timeous adj. Now chiefly Scottish, South African, West African, and East African. 1. Chiefly Scottish. At an early point in the morning, day, season, etc. Now only as merged into sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb] earlyOE orOE ereOE amornOE amorrowc1275 rathec1275 betimea1300 morningc1325 of (also in, on) morningsc1395 a-morninga1400 a-morningsc1400 betimes1481 morningly1560 in the morning1562 ante meridiem1563 timeous1566 rare1574 in a morning1591 rearly1596 timeouslyc1600 mornly1605 a.m.1651 rear1714 antemeridian1770 bright and early1805 matutinely1833 matutinally1897 ack emma1918 a1450 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1931) 159 91 (MED) Go to þi soper soberly And to þi bed tymosly. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 259 Certane..horsmen, and fyftie hagbutaris past furth tymouslie in the mornyng. 1663 (?a1500) Pleasant Hist. Roswall & Lillian sig. B2 On the morn right timously, He did rise up. 1685 in M. Wood & H. Armet Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1954) XI. 136 Ther serveants be in raddines to cast in ther fulȝie..and ashes tymeously in the morneing each day. 1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 27 Feb. in Boswell in Holland (1952) 170 You went timeously to bed. 1797 Aberdeen Mag. 601 That the servants may go to bed, and get up timeously in the morning. 2. Originally Scottish. Sufficiently early, in good time; promptly; (Scots Law) before a fixed time limit has expired. Also: in a well-timed or opportune manner. ΘΚΠ 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 1538 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 198 That thai vill caus schir Thomas Skune to do mes at ony altar..tymously for his vaigis. 1571–2 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 126 Quhairthrow the said Thomas Kennedy..may be dewlie and tymouslie adverteist thairof. 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 319 If one presbyterie was not warnit tymeouslie, all the rest conveening cannot justlie make any conclusion whilk may binde that presbyterie. 1708 Royal Proclam. (Scotl.) in London Gaz. No. 4456/2 We Ordain Our Solicitor timeously to dispatch Copies of the above Proclamation. 1758 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) II. 34 Differences..which, if not properly, and timously attended to may be productive of the most serious consequences. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 244 That fitting preparation may be timeously made. 1824 S. Smith Amer. in Wks. (1859) II. 52/1 The existence of slavery,..if not timously corrected, will one day entail (and ought to entail) a bloody servile war upon the Americans. 1852 Free Trade & Protection 13 The working classes..will..do well timeously to ponder the..degradation which the free trade system threatens to inflict upon this country. 1901 Scotsman 13 Mar. 11/3 Undue detention of two vessels occasioned by the defenders failing timeously to deliver coals for loading. 1931 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Feb. 239/1 If indications of progressive tuberculization supervene, they may timeously be met by measures of detuberculization. 1991 Res. in Afr. Lit. 22 210 Anne Fuchs's book on the Market Theatre has appeared timeously in a year of momentous political change in South Africa. 1999 Kenya Gaz. 30 Dec. 2650 The Government of the Republic of Kenya ..has responded timeously and effectively to this technological and legal challenge. 2000 Session Cases ii. 153 In the first of those actions the pursuers failed to lodge the closed record timeously and the action was dismissed. 2003 Daily Disp. (E. London, S. Afr.) 18 July 16/3 I implore Lesley to return as soon as possible so that my fellow passengers and I can get home timeously. 2010 K. K. Adarkwa Housing as Strategy for Poverty Reduction Ghana (U.N. Human Settlem. Progr.) v. 16/1 Houses are not completed timeously..and in some cases, the process can span a period spanning more than ten years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.a1450
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