timely

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
发音 tīmʹlē

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
    — If the whistleblower submitted a timely response, pursuant to Step 9, the Claims Review Staff will consider the issues, along with any supporting documentation, and make its Proposed Final Determination.
  2. Happening or appearing at the proper time.
    — […] and the timely dew of sleep, / Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines / Our eye-lids […]
  3. Keeping time or measure. obsolete
    — High lifted up were many loftie towres, / And goodly galleries farre over laid, / Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres; / And on the top a Diall told the timely howres.
副词 adv.
  1. In good time; early, quickly. archaic
    — If I had been born more timely, he said, Rhaegar would have married me instead of Elia, and it would all have come out different.
  2. At the right time; seasonably. obsolete
    — And this we shall more readily perform, if we timely survey our knowledge, impartially singling out those encroachments, which junior compliance and popular credulity hath admitted.
  3. In compliance with applicable time limits.
    — On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals.

词形变化

timelier comparative timeliest superlative more timely comparative most timely superlative

词汇关系

近义词
well-timed tempestive opportune seasonable tidy timeful timely timeous heaven-sent timesome
反义词
untimely
上位词
suitable
下位词
on time punctual
衍生词
mistimely overtimely pretimely timelily timeliness timely-parted untimely
相关词
timeliness timeously seasonably tidely

词源

词源 1
From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.
词源 2
From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary