"well-timed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: better-timed [comparative], more well-timed [comparative], best-timed [superlative], most well-timed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better-timed|more|sup=best-timed}} well-timed (comparative better-timed or more well-timed, superlative best-timed or most well-timed)
  1. Happening at an opportune or advantageous time. Synonyms (opportune or advantageous time): opportune Translations (Happening at an opportune or advantageous time): läglig (Swedish), vältajmad (Swedish), i rättan tid (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-well-timed-en-adj-PJ3jZA7O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'opportune or advantageous time': 76 24 Disambiguation of 'Happening at an opportune or advantageous time': 89 11
  2. Keeping accurate time.
    Sense id: en-well-timed-en-adj-1wCQlhKj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seasonable, timely

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for well-timed meaning in English (1.6kB)

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