opportune
Example Sentences
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His counsel is always opportune: “To live peacefully with those that are harsh and perverse, or disorderly, or such as oppose us, is a great grace, and highly commendable and manly.”
Instead, he saw it as an opportune moment to take stock after a "hectic" schedule.
From BBC
They sketched out priorities and drafted legislative language on whiteboards, then waited for the opportune moment to introduce a bill.
From Salon
For Western navies the improvements come at an opportune time, after China built the world’s largest surface naval fleet and its own large autonomous underwater vehicles.
Nor does BTD, he notes, do much as a complement to existing stock allocations as a way to increase or decrease exposure tactically at opportune times.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
