In any case, this use of timely seems clumsy and awkward to me, and until today I would have corrected it is an obvious error, substituting it with ‘in a timely manner’, at the very least.Īpparently in accounting it is an accepted usage to mean ‘before the appropriate deadline’: It is not clear if it can also mean ‘in time’. In both cases, timely as an adverb means something like ‘opportunely’ or ‘at the right time’. Merriam Webster gives this example: ‘the question was not timely raised in the state court’ whilst the OED offers this: ‘they seemed to move the Socialists slightly, but timely, to the Right’. There is another factor here, which is that timely can, in theory, be used as an adverb: ‘The report was filed timely’ ‘The Trustee will vote as instructed…if the Trustee timely receives such participant’s voting instructions’ (two real life examples). Perhaps the difference reflected in the varying OED/Webster’s definition of timely reflects a difference in UK/US usage? The above quotation was taken from an American website. But Webster makes ‘sufficiently early’ explicit. The OED’s ‘at a favourable time’ seems to rule out the possibility of ‘by a good time’ (i.e. Merriam-Webster is a bit less supportive of my cause, however: ‘Being or occurring in good time sufficiently early seasonable.’ Nothing about ‘done within the deadline’. The OED supports me in this, I think: ‘done or occurring at a favourable or useful time opportune’. I guess what I dislike about this sentence is the use of timely to mean ‘prompt’ or ‘on-time’. I would equally be happy with someone’s work being timely, if they were some sort of philosopher or critic, or if the work in question offered a relevant and balanced commentary on a contemporary issue – in particular if said issue had gone under-analysed up to this point. Find 35 ways to say TIMELY, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.'Great tool for understanding where do you spend your time behind the computer'.DAS TIMELY STOCK Timely pre-finished frames ship in 1-2 days.Now, to me timely suggests that something is done at the right or appropriate time: a timely interjection, for example, or a timely reminder. “ Their work is timely, accurate and cost efficient.”ĭoes there seem to be something wrong with this sentence? There did to me, too, namely the use of the word timely. Timeout settings: Windows, by default, has a timeout setting which if not met by applications, forces them to abort and close.If the service which you are trying to launch takes much longer to respond, then it will be killed. Join over 46,000 beautiful people in our supportive and inclusive community using Timely to manage, protect and grow their businesses.
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