timeliest
- 1Superlative of timely.
The rescue boat arrived at the timeliest possible moment, just as the deck began to flood.
Of all his interventions, this was the timeliest, landing exactly when the market shifted.
Note
A one-word superlative for an adjective that only looks like an adverb: timely ends in -ly, yet it is an adjective and can take -est, with the final y turning to i before the suffix. Most timely says the same thing. It compares adjective uses only, as in the timeliest warning or the timeliest arrival, though timely also has adverb senses, some archaic, meaning "in good time."
timeliest 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 → timeliest: change y to i, add -est
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