opportunelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɒpətjuːnli/,

/ˈɒpətʃuːnli/,

/ˌɒpəˈtjuːnli/,

/ˌɒpəˈtʃuːnli/, U.S.

/ˌɑpərˈt(j)unli/

Forms: see opportune adj. and adv. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: opportune adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < opportune adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle French, French opportunément (1422).

In an opportune manner; suitably, conveniently. Now usually: at an opportune time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb]

in timea1325

in good timec1325

in seasonc1330

tidefullya1340

tidily1340

betimesc1380

betimec1385

opportunelyc1425

at one's leisure1481

maturely1531

seasonably1532

timeously1538

timefully1614

tempestively1628

patly1632

opportune1667

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adverb] > opportunely or conveniently

opportunelyc1425

opportunately1552

opportune1667

conveniently1685

agreeably1753

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 25 He..mevid hym..with goode and honeste wordes, oportunely and importunely.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 26 A Sunday oportunely the weather brake vp again.

1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvii. 319 Sathan..opportunely there did Oracles begin.

1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine in Wks. (1673) 436 Thou art far more opportunely stor'd with time and place for thy revenge, then we i' th' midst of day.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 176 This is a seasonable sight, it came opportunely to us after the invitation which Demas gave us.

1724 A. Z. in J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. ii. xi. 76 Honoratus happen'd to make his Escape from Justice, by opportunely dying in the very nick of Time.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 380 The land of Canaan lay..opportunely for traffic.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. ix. 274 How opportunely he had frightened away the robbers, just as they were about to murder her relation.

1884 Law Times 77 62/1 [He] has written a good book and published it opportunely.

1908 E. F. Benson Climber 145 Most opportunely as he entered she had just taken up a volume of the Kelmscott Chaucer.

1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain iii. 160 A prim virgin who opportunely discovers deeps of infamy in her lover.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Apr. 46/2 He was a gentle..parson, who by dying opportunely spared himself such anguish and turmoil as the French Revolution might have brought upon him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opportunely
释义	opportunelyadv. Brit. /ˈɒpətjuːnli/, /ˈɒpətʃuːnli/, /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnli/, /ˌɒpəˈtʃuːnli/, U.S. /ˌɑpərˈt(j)unli/ Forms: see opportune adj. and adv. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: opportune adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < opportune adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle French, French opportunément (1422). In an opportune manner; suitably, conveniently. Now usually: at an opportune time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] in timea1325 in good timec1325 in seasonc1330 tidefullya1340 tidily1340 betimesc1380 betimec1385 opportunelyc1425 at one's leisure1481 maturely1531 seasonably1532 timeously1538 timefully1614 tempestively1628 patly1632 opportune1667 the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adverb] > opportunely or conveniently opportunelyc1425 opportunately1552 opportune1667 conveniently1685 agreeably1753 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 25 He..mevid hym..with goode and honeste wordes, oportunely and importunely. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 26 A Sunday oportunely the weather brake vp again. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvii. 319 Sathan..opportunely there did Oracles begin. 1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine in Wks. (1673) 436 Thou art far more opportunely stor'd with time and place for thy revenge, then we i' th' midst of day. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 176 This is a seasonable sight, it came opportunely to us after the invitation which Demas gave us. 1724 A. Z. in J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. ii. xi. 76 Honoratus happen'd to make his Escape from Justice, by opportunely dying in the very nick of Time. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 380 The land of Canaan lay..opportunely for traffic. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. ix. 274 How opportunely he had frightened away the robbers, just as they were about to murder her relation. 1884 Law Times 77 62/1 [He] has written a good book and published it opportunely. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 145 Most opportunely as he entered she had just taken up a volume of the Kelmscott Chaucer. 1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain iii. 160 A prim virgin who opportunely discovers deeps of infamy in her lover. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Apr. 46/2 He was a gentle..parson, who by dying opportunely spared himself such anguish and turmoil as the French Revolution might have brought upon him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1425
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