[time.ly] adv (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: early, soon
2: in time: opportunely "the question was not ... ~ raised in the state court --W. O. Douglas"
[2]timely adj time.li.er ; -est (13c) 1: coming early or at the right time: opportune
2: appropriate or adapted to the times or the occasion "a ~ book" -- time.li.ness n