"tymely" meaning in Middle English

See tymely in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtiːm(ə)liː/ Forms: timelich [alternative], timeliche [alternative], timely [alternative], timliche [alternative], tymeli [alternative], tymelie [alternative], tymelich [alternative], tymliche [alternative], tymly [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English tīmlīc; equivalent to and reinforced by tyme (“time”) + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tīmlīc}} Old English tīmlīc, {{af|enm|tyme|-ly|id1=time|id2=adjectival|t1=time}} tyme (“time”) + -ly Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} tymely, {{enm-adj}} tymely
  1. In season; good for the season.
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adj-kGkSqlHc
  2. Prior to the right time; early.
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adj-5F3MdbkD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 0 40 0 37 5 17 1 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 0 38 0 35 9 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 41 0 38 2 19 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 40 0 37 2 20 0
  3. Relating to time.
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adj-WgrPQub8 Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 25 33 23 18 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb

IPA: /ˈtiːm(ə)liː/
Etymology: From Old English tīmlīce; equivalent to and reinforced by tyme (“time”) + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tīmlīce}} Old English tīmlīce, {{af|enm|tyme|-ly|id1=time|id2=adverbial|t1=time}} tyme (“time”) + -ly Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb|comparative|tymlyer||{{{2}}}|head=|var=}} tymely (comparative tymlyer), {{enm-adv|tymlyer}} tymely (comparative tymlyer) Forms: tymlyer [comparative], timelich [alternative], timeliche [alternative], timely [alternative], timliche [alternative], tymeli [alternative], tymelie [alternative], tymelich [alternative], tymliche [alternative], tymly [alternative]
  1. Done prior to the right time; early.
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adv-mrf6Gu7E Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 0 40 0 37 5 17 1 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 0 38 0 35 9 18 1 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 55 13 30 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 41 0 38 2 19 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 40 0 37 2 20 0
  2. In a timely manner; at the right time.
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adv-BUcd-odA
  3. fast, speedily, quickly.
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adv-BCrEtpy5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 0 40 0 37 5 17 1 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 0 38 0 35 9 18 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 41 0 38 2 19 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 40 0 37 2 20 0
  4. (rare) Simultaneously. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-tymely-enm-adv-GfDDvY2C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "timely"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "tymely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "tīmlīce",
      "timlice#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "tyme",
      "tyme#Middle_English:_time"
    ],
    [
      "-ly",
      "-ly#Middle_English:_adverbial"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tīmlīce"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tīmlīce",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tyme",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id1": "time",
        "id2": "adverbial",
        "t1": "time"
      },
      "expansion": "tyme (“time”) + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tīmlīce; equivalent to and reinforced by tyme (“time”) + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tymlyer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timeliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timely",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymeli",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymly",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "tymlyer",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tymely (comparative tymlyer)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tymlyer"
      },
      "expansion": "tymely (comparative tymlyer)",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 0 37 5 17 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 38 0 35 9 18 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 13 30 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 41 0 38 2 19 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 0 37 2 20 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Done prior to the right time; early."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adv-mrf6Gu7E",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In a timely manner; at the right time."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adv-BUcd-odA",
      "links": [
        [
          "timely",
          "timely#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 0 37 5 17 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 38 0 35 9 18 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 41 0 38 2 19 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 0 37 2 20 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fast, speedily, quickly."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adv-BCrEtpy5",
      "links": [
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "speedily",
          "speedily"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Simultaneously."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adv-GfDDvY2C",
      "links": [
        [
          "Simultaneously",
          "simultaneously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Simultaneously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːm(ə)liː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tymely"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "timely"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "tymely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "tīmlīc",
      "timlic#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "tyme",
      "tyme#Middle_English:_time"
    ],
    [
      "-ly",
      "-ly#Middle_English:_adjectival"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tīmlīc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tīmlīc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tyme",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id1": "time",
        "id2": "adjectival",
        "t1": "time"
      },
      "expansion": "tyme (“time”) + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tīmlīc; equivalent to and reinforced by tyme (“time”) + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "timelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timeliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timely",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymeli",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymly",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "10": "{{{3}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{sup2}}}",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{comp2}}}",
        "9": "",
        "f3l": "",
        "f5l": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tymely",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tymely",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In season; good for the season."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adj-kGkSqlHc",
      "links": [
        [
          "season",
          "season"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 0 37 5 17 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 38 0 35 9 18 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 41 0 38 2 19 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 0 37 2 20 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prior to the right time; early."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adj-5F3MdbkD",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 25 33 23 18 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "enm:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to time."
      ],
      "id": "en-tymely-enm-adj-WgrPQub8",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːm(ə)liː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tymely"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Time"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "timely"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "tymely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "tīmlīce",
      "timlice#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "tyme",
      "tyme#Middle_English:_time"
    ],
    [
      "-ly",
      "-ly#Middle_English:_adverbial"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tīmlīce"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tīmlīce",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tyme",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id1": "time",
        "id2": "adverbial",
        "t1": "time"
      },
      "expansion": "tyme (“time”) + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tīmlīce; equivalent to and reinforced by tyme (“time”) + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tymlyer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timeliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timely",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymeli",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymly",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "tymlyer",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tymely (comparative tymlyer)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tymlyer"
      },
      "expansion": "tymely (comparative tymlyer)",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Done prior to the right time; early."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In a timely manner; at the right time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "timely",
          "timely#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fast, speedily, quickly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "speedily",
          "speedily"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Simultaneously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Simultaneously",
          "simultaneously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Simultaneously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːm(ə)liː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tymely"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Time"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "timely"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "tymely"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "tīmlīc",
      "timlic#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "tyme",
      "tyme#Middle_English:_time"
    ],
    [
      "-ly",
      "-ly#Middle_English:_adjectival"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tīmlīc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tīmlīc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tyme",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id1": "time",
        "id2": "adjectival",
        "t1": "time"
      },
      "expansion": "tyme (“time”) + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tīmlīc; equivalent to and reinforced by tyme (“time”) + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "timelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timeliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timely",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "timliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymeli",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymelich",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymliche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tymly",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "10": "{{{3}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{sup2}}}",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{comp2}}}",
        "9": "",
        "f3l": "",
        "f5l": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tymely",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tymely",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In season; good for the season."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "season",
          "season"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Prior to the right time; early."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːm(ə)liː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tymely"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tymely meaning in Middle English (4.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.