well-timed
[wel-tahymd]
- fittingly or appropriately timed; opportune; timely: a well-timed demand for new legislation.
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Origin of well-timed
First recorded in 1625–35
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Contemporary Examples
Titanic has sometimes made $50,000 in a few weeks of well-timed chipping and putting at golf resorts.
Like Stealth Wear, the Off Pocket received a well-timed boost from the news.
He took on the unions that were again attempting to extort New Yorkers with well-timed strikes.
It was only a well-timed grab to the chest area that kept her upright.
The most obvious example of special-interest pandering was his well-timed “evolution” favoring gay marriage.
Historical Examples
Eastern Roumelia was united to Bulgaria proper by a bold and well-timed stroke.
BulgariaFrank Fox
In any case, the plot had been well-timed and elaborately thought out.
The Stretton Street AffairWilliam Le Queux
This well-timed present produced all the good effects that could be wished.
This well-timed exclamation of mine, I perceived, did not fail to have its weight.
The Pacha of Many TalesFrederick Marryat
The other ladies all made original, excellent and well-timed addresses.
well-timed
- happening or scheduled to happen at an appropriate or suitable time
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