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Well timed

adjective

Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time. Synonyms: seasonable, timely, well-timed. "With timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery" , "A seasonable time for discussion" , "The book's publication was well timed"

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"Well timed" Quotes from Famous Books

... illustrated them. The lovers of folk-lore will be delighted with this new edition of a book, which such men as Goethe, Grimm, Von Hammer, Douce, and Southey have agreed in commending; and of which the appearance is particularly well timed, for a fitter book for fire-side reading, or a Christmas present, we know not than this edition of Keightley's Fairy Mythology, with its inimitable frontispiece by George Cruikshank, which alone is worth the price of ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 • Various

... though I am but a foolish old priest, my coming here to-day has been unusually well timed. I have a request to make of you. Your putting Tokutaro to death won't bring your daughter to life again. I have heard his story, and there certainly was no malice prepense on his part to kill your daughter. What he did, he did thinking to do a service to your ...

— Tales of Old Japan • Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

... Muro forward, and by well timed gestures indicated to the Chief that they were also Chiefs, and he instantly showed that he recognized the pantomimic language, and deferentially bowed, as he had ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands • Roger Thompson Finlay

Words linked to "Well timed" : timely, well-timed, opportune, seasonable