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Definition of In good time
1. Adverb. At the appropriate time. "We'll get to this question in due course"
Definition of In good time
1. Adverb. At a suitable time. ¹
2. Adverb. Before an appointed time; with time to spare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Good Time
Literary usage of In good time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Richard the Third Up to Shakespeare by George Bosworth Churchill (1900)
"I append a few resemblances of a purely verbal nature. a) P. 77 "But in good time
they come" (as Richard and others enter), p. 107 "But see in good time ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... time-schedule; oí- a custom of thai time (I. of those of) time, all in good
time, betimes. belonging to) the stone age; ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"The first idea is lucky, coming in good time, or bringing good ; hence, ...
then seasonable, timely, in good time ; then fit, neat, in good order. ..."
4. Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble (1879)
"land, and large vacant spaces—which will all, no doubt, be covered with buildings
in good time, for it is growing daily and hourly—but which at present give ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1861)
"... springing up to replace, in good time, the noble timber that Death had ero-
while cut down. ... in good time ..."
6. Richard the Third Up to Shakespeare by George Bosworth Churchill (1900)
"I append a few resemblances of a purely verbal nature. a) P. 77 "But in good time
they come" (as Richard and others enter), p. 107 "But see in good time ..."
7. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... time-schedule; oí- a custom of thai time (I. of those of) time, all in good
time, betimes. belonging to) the stone age; ..."
8. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"The first idea is lucky, coming in good time, or bringing good ; hence, ...
then seasonable, timely, in good time ; then fit, neat, in good order. ..."
9. Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble (1879)
"land, and large vacant spaces—which will all, no doubt, be covered with buildings
in good time, for it is growing daily and hourly—but which at present give ..."
10. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1861)
"... springing up to replace, in good time, the noble timber that Death had ero-
while cut down. ... in good time ..."
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