The definition of timely refers to something done at a good and suitable time.
(adjective)An example of something that would be described as a timely release is a new book in the horror genre just as horror books start to take off and become really popular.
See timely in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME tymeli < OE timlice: see time & -ly
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See timely in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective time·li·er, time·li·est
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