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单词 untimely
释义 un·timely
I. \“+\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English untimliche, untimely, from un- (I) + timliche, timely, adverb, timely
1. : at an inopportune time : unseasonably
 < thought I was mad, or most untimely merry — T.E.Lawrence >
2. : prematurely
 < died untimely a few months ago at the age of thirty-nine — Gerald Bullett >
II. adjective
Etymology: un- (I) + timely, adjective
1. : occurring or done before the due, natural, or proper time : too early : premature
 < come to an untimely end through passion — Cyril Connolly >
2. : inopportune, unseasonable
 < an untimely joke >
 < the only passenger who came on board at that untimely hour — Charles Dickens >
 < an untimely frost >
3. : not observing fitness of time or occasion
 < during the performance of music when untimely people come in or go out — Owen Wister >
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