Usually means: Appropriate or done at right time.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word TIMELY:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. timely: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. timely: Merriam-Webster
  3. timely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. timely: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. timely: Collins English Dictionary
  6. timely: Vocabulary.com
  7. Timely, timely: Wordnik
  8. timely: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. timely: Wiktionary
  10. timely: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. timely: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. timely: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. timely: Dictionary.com
  14. timely: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. timely: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Timely: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Timely: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. timely: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. timely: Rhymezone
  20. Timely: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. timely: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. timely: FreeDictionary.org
  23. timely: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. timely: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. timely: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. timely: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Dictionary of Management Jargon (No longer online)
  6. timely: Legal dictionary
  7. timely: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TIMELY: Acronym Finder

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Definitions from Wiktionary (timely)

▸ adjective:  Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
▸ adjective:  Happening or appearing at the proper time.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Keeping time or measure.
▸ adverb:  (archaic) In good time; early, quickly.
▸ adverb:  (obsolete) At the right time; seasonably.
▸ adverb:  (law) In compliance with applicable time limits.

Similar:
well-timed, punctual, seasonably, apropos, opportune, well timed, prompt, timeous, timeful, pretimely, more...

Opposite:
tardy, belated, overdue, delayed, late

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current, present, immediate, contemporary, modern, more...

Phrases:
Timely Comics, timely manner, in a timely manner, more timely, timely fashion, more...

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Similar:
well-timed, punctual, seasonably, apropos, opportune, well timed, prompt, timeous, timeful, pretimely, more...

Opposite:
tardy, belated, overdue, delayed, late

Types:
current, present, immediate, contemporary, modern, more...

Phrases:
Timely Comics, timely manner, in a timely manner, more timely, timely fashion, timely blessing, not timely, timely matter, opposite of timely, timely and sensitive, we managed to send in a timely manner, more...

Colors:
    blue,     silver,     gold,     white,     black, more...



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