timeous

time·ous

(tī′məs)

adj.

Timely.

time′ous·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

timeous

(ˈtaɪməs)

adj

Scot in good time; sufficiently early: a timeous warning.

[C15: Scottish; see time, -ous]

ˈtimeously adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

time•ous

(ˈtaɪ məs)

adj. Scot.

timely.

[1425–75; late Middle English (Scots) tymys (see -ish¹), with suffix later sp. as if -ous]

Translations

timeous

adj → rechtzeitig, zur rechten Zeit

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