TIMELY


Meaning of TIMELY in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a timely reminder (= a useful reminder of something important )

This is a timely reminder to people that they should be careful with strangers.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

more

Thomas's contribution could not have been more timely , Tommy Tynan having equalised an own goal by David Byrne.

After the meeting he was very abrupt with me and made a comment about getting more timely information from the field.

Do not lose your thoroughness but try to be more timely .

As computer systems make information more timely , top management can base its decisions on actual data rather than personal observation.

Nothing could have been more timely .

The President had never been stronger and his policies had never been more timely .

Wigan have not done at all badly without him but his return, to loose forward, could not be more timely .

Instead, data are provided directly and more timely to obviate this need.

■ NOUN

fashion

I want those results in a timely fashion !

information

Users of accounting information , such as banks, need timely information for their decision-making.

After the meeting he was very abrupt with me and made a comment about getting more timely information from the field.

manner

Actual repayment in a regular, timely manner .

Miller resigned abruptly after Hallinan publicly criticized her for failing to report the incident to him in a timely manner .

reminder

It is a timely reminder of when justice was swift and permanent.

Mr. Chope My hon. Friend gives a timely reminder of the benefits of investment in our roads infrastructure.

So the visit to this country by Boris Yeltsin is a timely reminder of the opportunities in that former superpower.

This direct experience of seeing books being valued and enjoyed has been a timely reminder of their importance in the educational process.

His book is a brilliant and timely reminder of what is left out in our various theories and models of language.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a piece of timely advice

The database will provide timely and accurate information on the current status of the business.

The fighting in the Ardennes came as a timely reminder that the West still needed the Russian army.

The Government's intervention was timely and may have prevented economic disaster.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A lobbying letter to Mrs Thatcher on the subject may be timely .

Be on time and timely - it's good manners.

Further, it became natural and timely to search for bodies in threatening orbits.

He gets his wines to market in a timely way.

His concern about the organization of the militia was timely , but his intended reliance on the longbow was hardly forward-looking.

It opens up opportunities to supply a wide variety of users with information which is timely , accurate, significant and relevant.

The timely provision of psychiatric care can dramatically reduce the use and costs of medical care for these patients.

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