timeously, adv.
(ˈtaɪməslɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a timeous manner; † at an early hour or season, in good time (obs.); hence, early or soon enough, in time; at the right or a fitting time; seasonably; opportunely.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 1180 To souppar went, and tymysly thai slepe. 1473 Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 188 A chalder of quhet als arly and tymsly sawn as it ma be. 1571–5 Diurnal of Occurr. (1833) 259 Certane..horsmen, and fyftie hagbutaris past furth tymouslie in the mornyng. 1637–50 Row Hist. Kirk (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 Roy. Proclam. (Scotl.) in Lond. Gaz. No. 4456/2 We Ordain Our Solicitor timeously to dispatch Copies of the above Proclamation. 1758 Washington Let. Writ. 1889 II. 34 Differences..which, if not properly, and timously attended to may be productive of the most serious consequences. 1820 Scott Monast. ix, That fitting preparation may be timeously made. 1824 Syd. Smith Amer. 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. 1901 Scotsman 13 Mar. 11/3 Undue detention of two vessels occasioned by the defenders failing timeously to deliver coals for loading. |