84 (he finds “wrongous” as well as “righteous” in his big dictionary, too). Alan Peterson, “Is Timeous a Wrongeous Usage? Words,” Sydney Morning Herald, April 8, 1989, p. I would write "he did it in a timely way" instead of "he did it timely" or maybe I'd use "timeously" if I was a braver American.ġ. Therefore I, if my opinion mattered, would insist “timely” ought to parallel “friendly,” “kingly” and “lovely” as being solely an adjective. “Time” is not an adjective, and “timely” is already the adjective. It is a very polite way to say complete on time etc. ![]() Timely fashion or timely manner are the same thing (synonymous). Although fashion clothing comes from this word fashion. Most adverbs are structured as (adj.) + -ly (“happily,” “sheepishly”). Timely fashion is to do something on time or promptly. I don’t like the use of "timely" as an adverb (“ Macduff was from his mother’s womb/ Untimely ripp’d”). Give "timeously" a try-did you really think you had all the adverbs you needed? The base adjective “timeous” is used too, but more seldom. Note that use of "timeously" is mostly isolated to those nations (an Australian commentator is surprised to see it used 1). My clumsy Lexis search uncovers hundreds of news references from southern Africa (and plenty from Scotland too). Timely fashion definition: Fashion is the area of activity that involves styles of clothing and appearance. For example: “Land issues in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe are said to have a lot of similarities, which need to be addressed timeously,” wrote Irene Hoaës in the New Era newspaper out of Windhoek, Namibia (July 15, 2010). It shows up in other places in southern Africa too. ![]() Timely is pretty common, but how about that word, “timeously” (pronounced /TIME-ussly/)? It’s a Scottish usage and it’s indicated as South African in dictionaries, too. ![]() Each is used both as an adjective and an adverb. “Timely” and "timeously" are synonymous, and mean "occurring at the proper time or within an expected time" (“fulfill the contract in a timely fashion”).
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