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timeously
adverb
mainly Scottish Englishuk /ˈtaɪ.məs.li/ us /ˈtaɪ.məs.li/
If something is done timeously it is done quickly or before the time when it needed to be done:
Please ensure that the documents reach us timeously.
Any objections to the panel's decision must be timeously recorded.
The contractors had performed the work satisfactorily and timeously.
It is possible that we shall not be able to make all of the payments timeously.
I can assure you that all of the paperwork will be sent timeously.
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