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Definition of Opportunely
1. Adverb. At an opportune time. "He arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler"
Definition of Opportunely
1. Adverb. In a manner suitable for some particular purpose. ¹
2. Adverb. In a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opportunely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opportunely
Literary usage of Opportunely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... and their fire so galled the highlanders as to provoke them to charge, piecemeal
without waiting for orders. Battalions opportunely brought up from ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1871)
"great majority of cases in the second, a cure may be effected, under ao appropriate
course of treatment opportunely commenced, the two forms of disease, ..."
3. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the by William Robertson (1769)
"... politicians of that century, happened opportunely at this juncture for his
relief. By that event, the command of the army in Italy became vacant, ..."
4. Autobiography of an Actress; Or, Eight Years on the Stage by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie (1854)
"A Boast opportunely recalled. —Rising of the Curtain. — The Debut. — Second
Appearance in public. — Walnut Street Theatre. — A distressing Incident. ..."
5. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... a province of Brazil—Fly to Curacoa-—Destitute condition of that island—Are
sent to New Netherland—Arrive opportunely at Fort Amsterdam—Council resolve ..."
6. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1910)
"The emphasising of a well- known proverb by Drs. Skinner and Gordon has come very
opportunely for my purpose. Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. ..."
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