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# timely

«timely» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening at just the right moment, when it is most needed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (timelier, timeliest)

### meaning for a pupil

Timely means happening at just the right moment, when it is most needed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timely/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a helper arrives just in time to save the hero

### examples

- Her timely help saved the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timely/#x1)
- Thank you for your timely warning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timely/#x2)
- The rain came at a timely moment for the farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timely/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «timely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.