timeous

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"The absence of timeous diagnosis resulted in Mr Cocozza losing two opportunities," he concluded.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2014

Yet the Foundress showed a tenderness for human weakness by permitting the Fellows and Scholars to play cards in Hall on some of the Gaudy days for "moderate stakes and at timeous hours."

From The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester by Wright Henderson, P. A. (Patrick Arkley)

Troops on the march in an enemy's country, unless they are led by an idiot, will send out clouds of scouts in front and on the wings to give timeous warning of any attempted assault.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

It was a needful caveat, and a very timeous advertisement, because of the natural misapprehensions in men's minds of the gospel.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

The timeous visitor proved to be James Spink, the Bell Rock pilot, who had come express from Arbroath with letters.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis