timely

1. 1.

   at an opportune time

   “your letter arrived apropos”

   Synonymsseasonablywell-timedapropos

Other forms of timely

comparative or superlative

timelier

comparative or superlative

timeliest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about timely

What does timely mean?

timely means "before a time limit expires". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in timely?

timely has 2 syllables: time-ly. The stress falls on "time". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪmli/.

What is another word for timely?

Close synonyms include seasonable, well-timed, well timed, seasonably, well-timed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is timely a common word?

timely is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with timely?

1 word rhymes with timely. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.