Meaning of UNTIMELY
| Pronunciation: | | un'tImlee
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- [adv] too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely"
- [adj] uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
- [adj] badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
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| | Synonyms: | | early, ill timed(p), ill-timed(a), inopportune, premature, prematurely, unseasonable, wrong |
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\Un*time"ly\, a.
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or
improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as,
untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
\Un*time"ly\, adv.
Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely;
unseasonably. ``Let them know . . . what's untimely done.''
--Shak.
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