English Dictionary

timely

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtaɪmli/

形容詞

廃用

Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt. / Happening or appearing at the proper time. / (obsolete) Keeping time or measure.

日本語の意味

適切な時期に行われる、または期限内に完了する / ちょうどよいタイミングで発生・出現する / （古語）時間や拍子を守る、計る

Her timely intervention prevented the situation from escalating.

彼女の適切なタイミングでの介入が事態の悪化を防いだ。

意味（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.

意味（2）

Happening or appearing at the proper time.

[…] and the timely dew of sleep, / Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines / Our eye-lids […]

意味（3）

(obsolete) Keeping time or measure.

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.

timelier （ comparative ）

timeliest （ superlative ）