Hypertext Webster Gateway: "untimely"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Untimely \Un*time"ly\, a.
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or
improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as,
untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Untimely \Un*time"ly\, adv.
Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely;
unseasonably. ``Let them know . . . what's untimely done.''
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
untimely
adj 1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my
intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was
the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill
timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {wrong}]
2: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led
to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an
untimely end" [syn: {premature}]
adv : too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn:
{prematurely}]
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