timeous
2 synonyms for timeous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — (Scottish) Done early enough; happening at the right moment.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From earlier timous, from Middle English tymous, *tymwos, *tymwis (“early”), equivalent to timewise. Cognate with Scots timeous (“timely”). By surface analysis, time + -ous.
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