timelier
USTYM-lee-er/ˈtaɪmliɚ/UKTYM-lee-uh/ˈtaɪmliə/
- 1Comparative form of timely.
The committee pushed for a timelier response to the flood warnings.
Her revised chapter arrived in a timelier fashion than the first draft.
Note
An -ly word that compares like an adjective: timely is first of all an adjective meaning prompt or well-placed in time, so it takes -er, and its final y turns to i. More timely does the same work and sits comfortably beside it. Timely also has adverb uses, several archaic or obsolete, but timelier belongs to the adjective: a timelier reply, a timelier warning.
timelier is a form of timely
timely, adjective: Happening or showing up at the right moment, when it is most useful or fitting. Full entry
- Spelling
- timely → timelier: change y to i, add -er
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