timely

• POS: Adjective, Adverb
• HYPHEN: time=ly
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

timely, a. 

•  Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  Keeping time or measure.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

timely, adv. 

 Early; soon; in good season.  [1913 Webster]
"Timely advised, the coming evil shun."  [1913 Webster]
"Thanks to you,
That called me timelier than my purpose hither,
For I have gained by it."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

timely, adj. (timelier, timeliest) opportune; coming at the right time.

Derivative

timeliness n.

THESAURUS

timely

advantageous, advisable, appropriate, auspicious, becoming, befitting, betimes, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, good, happy, likely, lucky, meet, opportune, politic, profitable, promising, prompt, proper, propitious, prosperous, providential, punctual, recommendable, right, ripe, seasonable, seasonably, seemly, soon, sortable, suitable, to be desired, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile

ROGET THESAURUS

timely

Punctuality

N punctuality, promptness, immediateness, timely, seasonable, in time, punctual, prompt, on time, punctually, at the deadline, precisely, exactly, right on time, to the minute, in time, in good time, in military time, in pudding time, in due time, time enough, with no time to spare, by a hair's breadth, touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on board before the train leaves the station.

Occasion

N timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room, event (eventuality), suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time, high time, opportuneness, tempestivity, crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture, crisis, turning point, given time, nick of time, golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening, clear stage, fair field, mollia tempora, fata Morgana, spare time, opportune, timely, well-timed, timeful, seasonable, providential, lucky, fortunate, happy, favorable, propitious, auspicious, critical, suitable, obiter dicta, opportunely, in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time, for the nonce, in the nick of time, in the fullness of time, all in good time, just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never, by the way, by the by, en passant, a propos, pro re nata, pro hac vice, par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally, while speaking of, while on the subject, extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, on the spot, carpe diem occasionem cognosce, one's hour is come, the time is up, that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it, bien perdu bien connu, e sempre l'ora, ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius, nosce tempus, nunc aut nunquam.