WELL-TIMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does well-timed mean? 

• WELL-TIMED (adjective)
  The adjective WELL-TIMED has 1 sense:

1. done or happening at the appropriate or proper time

  Familiarity information: WELL-TIMED used as an adjective is very rare.

• WELL-TIMED (adverb)
  The adverb WELL-TIMED has 1 sense:

1. at an opportune time

  Familiarity information: WELL-TIMED used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELL-TIMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time

Synonyms:

seasonable; timely; well-timed; well timed

Context example:

the book's publication was well timed

Similar:

opportune (suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose)

• WELL-TIMED (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At an opportune time

Synonyms:

apropos; seasonably; timely; well-timed

Context example:

your letter arrived apropos

 Context examples 

Fanny's spirit was as much refreshed as her body; her head and heart were soon the better for such well-timed kindness.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I almost expected a rebuff for this hardly well-timed question, but, on the contrary, waking out of his scowling abstraction, he turned his eyes towards me, and the shade seemed to clear off his brow.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)