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timeliness|ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs|
[f. timely a. + -ness.]
The quality of being timely. †a. Early development or maturity. Obs. rare. b. Seasonableness, suitableness to the time.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 81 Difficulties..kindle..the generous spirits, and adde that to their diligence which was wanting in their timelinesse. 1612–13C. Brooke Elegy Poems (1872) 180 His timelinesse did so preuent his date, That ere the floure was look't for came the fruit. 1860Emerson Cond. Life iii. (1861) 53 The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot. 1868Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 195 All measures of reformation are effective in exact proportion to their timeliness. |