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convenient
English
Etymology
From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniens (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?vi?ni?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?vinj?nt/
- Hyphenation: con?ve?nient
Adjective
convenient (comparative more convenient, superlative most convenient)
- Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
- Synonyms: expedient, simple, easy
- Antonym: inconvenient
- (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.
- Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.
- 1640', Edward Reynolds, A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man
- […] continual drinking is most convenient to the distemper of an hydropick body, though most disconvenient to its present welfare.
Related terms
- convene
- convenience
- conveniently
Translations
Further reading
- convenient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- convenient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin conveniens, convenientem, possibly a borrowing (first appears in 1507).
Adjective
convenient (masculine and feminine plural convenients)
- convenient
- Antonym: inconvenient
Derived terms
- convenientment
Related terms
- conveniència
- convenir
References
Further reading
- “convenient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “convenient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “convenient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
convenient
- third-person plural future active indicative of conveni?
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timely
English
Etymology
From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *t?ml?c (adj) and t?ml??e (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time +? -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur.
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?m?l?, IPA(key): /?ta?mli/
Adjective
timely (comparative timelier, superlative timeliest)
- Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
- Synonyms: on time, well-timed; see also Thesaurus:punctual
- Antonyms: ill-timed, late; see also Thesaurus:overdue
- Happening or appearing at the proper time.
- Synonyms: opportune, seasonable; see also Thesaurus:timely
- Antonyms: inopportune, unseasonable; see also Thesaurus:untimely
- (obsolete) Keeping time or measure.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
timely (comparative more timely, superlative most timely)
- (archaic) In good time; early, quickly.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 587:
- ‘If I had been born more timely, he said, Rhaegar would have married me instead of Elia, and it would all have come out different.’
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 587:
- (obsolete) At the right time; seasonably.
- (law) In compliance with applicable time limits.
- 1998, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, US v. Merino-Balderrama:
- On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals.
- 2003, United States Supreme Court, Clay v. United States:
- […] § 2255's one-year limitation period starts to run when the time for seeking such review expires. Under this rule, Clay's § 2255 petition was timely filed.
- 1998, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, US v. Merino-Balderrama:
See also
- seasonably
- tidely
Middle English
Adverb
timely
- Alternative form of tymely
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