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timely

/ˈtaɪmli/TYM-lee
/ˈtaɪmli/TYM-lee

Meaningat the right time

Common meaning: well-timed

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*da-‘distribute, appoint’source
  2. Old Englishtimasource
  3. Middle Englishtimesource
  4. Englishtime‘the ongoing sequence of events’
  5. Englishformed in English from timetimely‘well-timed’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from time + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TIME, p.644 · scan

Source words

  • tima Old English · source word “a stretch of time, an hour”

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