timeous
adjective
timely; sufficiently early.
timeously
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a word derived from
timeous.
Example Sentences
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Dr Phaahla said this measure was being explored but the police have said resources are "stretched in terms of being able to monitor and intervene timeously when such incidents occur".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Meanwhile, councils have continued to ensure payments are timeously made to care home providers, including to enable adult social care workers to receive the Real Living Wage.
From BBC ● May 24, 2023
However, Sheriff O'Carroll stressed that the failure to timeously diagnose and therefore treat the cancer did not materially contribute to the cause of death.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2014
Has there been a reluctance to apologize timeously and appropriately?
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2010
And my poor mother 48sinned, not indeed by intention, hardly even in labour, but in that appearance of easy perfection, which in a household is the result of excellent plans thoroughly and timeously carried out.
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
