timelier; timeliest
Definition of timely
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: coming early or at the right time
a timely decision timely payment
2
: appropriate or adapted to the times or the occasion
a timely book
timely
adverbDefinition of timely (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: in time : opportunely
the question was not … timely raised in the state court— W. O. Douglas
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The first known use of timely was before the 12th century
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