timelier is a comparative form of timely
done or happening at the appropriate or proper time
adjective (modifies a noun)
timelier
timeliest
seasonable | timeous | well timed [predicate] | well-timed [attributive]
late Old English (adverb), from "time" (Noun). As an adjective meaning ...
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occurring at an appropriate time; timely (6 of 10 words, 1 usage example)
suitable for the season | taking place at the appropriate time (10 of 253 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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suitable to the season or circumstances; "timely" | occurring in good or proper time; "opportune" (14 of 128 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)
Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time. | Appropriate to the current season of the year. | [obsolete] Ephemeral; lasting for just one season. | [obsolete] In season (said of game when it's legal to be hunted and killed). | [obsolete] ... (38 of 56 words, 5 definitions, 3 usage examples)
suitable or normal for a particular time of year (9 of 35 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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suitable to or usual for the time of year | coming or done at the right time; opportune; timely (18 of 27 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
In keeping with the time or the season. | Occurring or performed at the proper time; timely. (16 of 26 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
expected at or suitable for a particular time of the year (11 of 21 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
suitable to or characteristic of the season. | timely; opportune. (9 of 21 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time. "Punctual" is often used synonymously with "on time." It's a common misconception that punctual can also, when talking... (39 of 285 words)
a measured or measurable period, a continuum that lacks spatial dimensions. Time is of philosophical interest and is also the subject of mathematical ... (23 of 1533 words)
sequential arrangement of all events, or the interval between two events in such a sequence. The concept of time may be discussed on several different ... (25 of 35 words)
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in music: see tempo; meter; rhythm; syncopation; metronome and musical notation. (11 of 13 words)
typical of or appropriate for the time of year | done, given, or occurring at a time when needed or appropriate (20 of 38 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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Origin: late Old English (adverb), from "time" (Noun). As an adjective meaning "occurring at a suitable time" it's attested from about 1200.
Origin: Middle English tymeli from Old English timlice: see "time" and "-ly"
Audio: North American pronunciation of "timely"
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