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well-timed [wel-tahymd] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for well-timed on Thesaurus.com adjective
- fittingly or appropriately timed; opportune; timely: a well-timed demand for new legislation.
Origin of well-timed First recorded in 1625–35 Related Words for well-timed auspicious, favorable, opportune, seasonable Examples from the Web for well-timed Contemporary Examples of well-timed
Titanic has sometimes made $50,000 in a few weeks of well-timed chipping and putting at golf resorts.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man
John Lardner
May 17, 2014
Like Stealth Wear, the Off Pocket received a well-timed boost from the news.
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He took on the unions that were again attempting to extort New Yorkers with well-timed strikes.
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John Avlon
February 1, 2013
It was only a well-timed grab to the chest area that kept her upright.
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The most obvious example of special-interest pandering was his well-timed “evolution” favoring gay marriage.
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Historical Examples of well-timed
Eastern Roumelia was united to Bulgaria proper by a bold and well-timed stroke.
Frank Fox
In any case, the plot had been well-timed and elaborately thought out.
William Le Queux
This well-timed present produced all the good effects that could be wished.
The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 19
Various
This well-timed exclamation of mine, I perceived, did not fail to have its weight.
Frederick Marryat
The other ladies all made original, excellent and well-timed addresses.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)
Various
British Dictionary definitions for well-timed well-timed adjective (well timed when postpositive)
- happening or scheduled to happen at an appropriate or suitable time