Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Timely; seasonable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Seasonable; timely.
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- adjective obsolete
seasonable ;timely
Etymologies
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Examples
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Virgines enim tempestive locandae, as [5873] Lemnius admonisheth, lib.
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By the swaying of the sea which late he overpassed, being tempestive, and by other things, my nephew is rendered incoherent.
Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906
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Sed bonus ille Pastor, qui gregem suum, pro quo animam suam posuit, constantissime diligit, persecutorum rabiem tempestive semper, et exserta saepe dextera, miraculose repressit, et seductorum vias tortuosas, ac consilia fraudulenta detexit atque dissipavit, utroque se in Ecclesia sua praesentissimum esse demonstrans.
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Christi illa fratrumque dilectione, ea sinceritate cordis et pietatis officia praestandi conscientia; unde per of which, by the operation of the Spirit, this assurance may in due time be revived, [1582] and by the which, in the mean time, they are supported from utter despair. [1583] operationem spiritus eadem illa certitudo tempestive possit reviviscere: [1584] quibusque interim ne prorsus in desperationem ruant suffulciuntur.
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He travelled to Bristol, to London, to Kent, everywhere preaching the truth — opportune, importune, tempestive, to use the language ironically applied by him to the Bishop of London, [150] — and this, too, with his health greatly weakened and impaired.
Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation 1823-1886 1883
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* operationem spiritus eadem illa certitudo tempestive possit reviviscere:: [11589] 1
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