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Definition of Timeous
1. a. Timely; seasonable.
Definition of Timeous
1. Adjective. in sufficient time; timely ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timeous
1. timely [adj] - See also: timely
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timeous
Literary usage of Timeous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1843)
"In March 1840, the charger let the same subjects, or a portion of them, to another
tenant, and, as he alleged, he gave the suspender timeous and proper ..."
2. Alexander and Rufus: Or, A Series of Dialogues on Church Communion, in Two by John Anderson (1820)
"This ingenuous and most timeous, although merely accidental, profession, says Mr.
Bailie, " has much " allayed the favour of some to their toleration. ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture and Home Farmer (1907)
"... and the multiplication of the plants is not an objection to a flower in the
grass; while in the border timeous cutting off the seed capsules ere they ..."
4. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1908)
"... which Mr. Burton, in reply, submitted (hat applicant, first as a Councillor
and afterwards as a ratepayer, had acted timeous- ly throughout. ..."
5. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman (1905)
"Rejection — timeous — Examination of Goods meant for Export—Delay in giving Notice
of Disconformity.—In a contract for the purchase and sale of goods ..."
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