tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post3688241450198467840..comments2023-10-18T09:58:39.567-04:00Comments on Grammaticarum: Timely and timeouslydavidperryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608717081496180914noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-8027399858954194042023-05-26T12:19:50.196-04:002023-05-26T12:19:50.196-04:00it sure did get a bit screwed over on the long jou...it sure did get a bit screwed over on the long journey...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-20837717881439595972022-07-22T12:13:15.706-04:002022-07-22T12:13:15.706-04:00Surely it was more timely ?Surely it was more timely ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-44446269920286084082021-07-05T21:59:24.132-04:002021-07-05T21:59:24.132-04:00The above Geek Squad offer seems timeous...The above Geek Squad offer seems timeous...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-41122306177195771752020-01-13T01:32:55.938-05:002020-01-13T01:32:55.938-05:00Literally exactly the same context brought me here...Literally exactly the same context brought me here. South African teacher at an international school, beginning to doubt my use of timeously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-64057061616807383072019-09-19T05:01:56.284-04:002019-09-19T05:01:56.284-04:00Timeous and timeously are very common words in Sco...Timeous and timeously are very common words in Scotland. It's not police or bureaucratic speak, but simply the standard way of speaking andn writing in that variant of English. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-72765617253104981412018-09-27T23:15:47.381-04:002018-09-27T23:15:47.381-04:00“I don’t like the use of ‘timely’ as an adverb ......“I don’t like the use of ‘timely’ as an adverb ...”<br /><br />Good on you, sir. It should be obvious to anyone with an ear for language that “timely” is an adjective, and deviant use as an adverb is permissible only with poetic license, not in ordinary discourse. The adverb is “timeously”, formed from the adjective “timeous”, which is a synonym of “timely, by the conventional means of adding the suffix “ly”.William Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973703702976773384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-18099972355115364142018-01-09T15:37:24.050-05:002018-01-09T15:37:24.050-05:00Just came out of a meeting to review a document I&...Just came out of a meeting to review a document I'd written. I'm a South African working in a US-based international organization. Review feedback included: "Is timeous and timeously even a word?" I was blown away and had to Google it. Has my English education failed me? Well, I had marvelous English teachers and they certainly did not fail me. From the above comments, I think you'd concur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-60853344899315999952017-12-18T09:54:51.900-05:002017-12-18T09:54:51.900-05:00PS. I would never actually use "timeously&quo...PS. I would never actually use "timeously" in my own report writing, but I would use "timeous" regularly.<br /><br />eg. "Please ensure submission of said report in a timeous manner."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-8219211599893747992017-12-18T09:52:22.306-05:002017-12-18T09:52:22.306-05:00Similar to the above poster talking about its freq...Similar to the above poster talking about its frequent use in the DWP, it's also rife in report writing within Police Scotland. <br /><br />I was told (in jest) that it was a "police word" made up in Police language, which I can see why as it only seems to be used in government documentation or legal writing....<br /><br />I naturally would pronounce it as "time-ee-oss-ly" but then I haven't been told how to correctly pronounce it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-21176052611959424212017-11-15T11:32:01.842-05:002017-11-15T11:32:01.842-05:00It's up there with "misscheeveeuss",...It's up there with "misscheeveeuss", in the pantheon of rubbish pronunciation.lemontetrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179697370766781277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-39532764007871100132017-11-15T11:30:40.496-05:002017-11-15T11:30:40.496-05:00"Timmeeussly" is a nonsense. Eny fule kn..."Timmeeussly" is a nonsense. Eny fule kno that.lemontetrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179697370766781277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-39301256779040532412017-10-26T08:19:20.165-04:002017-10-26T08:19:20.165-04:00Timely is an adjective, meaning: done or happening...Timely is an adjective, meaning: done or happening at the appropriate time.<br /><br />Timeously is an adverb, meaning: in a timely manner.<br /><br />English does come from England after all, not from the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-31741592116175821712017-05-23T05:43:13.488-04:002017-05-23T05:43:13.488-04:00Ahh! Some sanity at long last. For years I have be...Ahh! Some sanity at long last. For years I have been frustrated by the appearance of that accusing red line under the word "timeously". After finally eradicating the squiggly red line from all my Windows computers, it has returned with a vengeance as a dotted red line on my Macs, iPad and iPhone.<br /><br />Because I have never been sure about the validity of the word, I have spent a lifetime as a bank executive avoiding its use in my official written communication.<br /><br />FWIW, I agree with the other people from Southern Africa... In that part of the world the word is always pronounced as "tie-me-us-lee". The alternative pronunciation of "time-us-lee" must be the Scottish pronunciation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-48707727636036610232016-01-06T15:19:42.244-05:002016-01-06T15:19:42.244-05:00As a South African teacher writing reports in an i...As a South African teacher writing reports in an international school, my English/American husband has laughed at my use of the word timeously when referring the children completing tasks in good time. Very interesting to read the above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-12526214803993204542014-11-10T07:03:00.757-05:002014-11-10T07:03:00.757-05:00As a fellow South African it seems a natural part ...As a fellow South African it seems a natural part of my vocabulary - we were taught the Queen's English after all ;) For me the pronunciation is also "Tie - me - us - lee". We were taught that the words have slightly different meanings.<br /><br />Timeously - in good time (as in completing a task in good time, with time to spare).<br /><br />Timley - at the right or an opportune or appropriate time (as in a warning that came at an opportune time, at just the right moment).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-11198888319618894722014-10-23T11:11:52.985-04:002014-10-23T11:11:52.985-04:00As a South African lawyer trying to make sense of ...As a South African lawyer trying to make sense of American legal speak, I wish they would just use "timeously" and that it would not keep coming up with a red line underneath it. "Timeously" makes so much more sense to me- but now at least I know I did not just make up that word, and there is a reason it exists in my vocabulary and not that of the American legal world. For me the pronunciation is more "Tie - me - us - lee". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-57882260390486273842014-06-03T10:39:30.755-04:002014-06-03T10:39:30.755-04:00"Timeously" is used in legal documents a..."Timeously" is used in legal documents and contexts in England. It's pronounced 'time-usly', not 'timmy-usly'. Presumably its purpose is to avoid what would otherwise be the correctly-formed but silly "timelily" (i.e. adj. 'timely' + '-ly' to form the adverb). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4298229537200246178.post-51628846817779639132014-05-21T04:21:54.571-04:002014-05-21T04:21:54.571-04:00I'm afraid that I'm with the Australian jo...I'm afraid that I'm with the Australian journalist on this one. The use of "timeously" is rife in the UK Department of Work and Pensions where I first came across it, and I have never seen it used anywhere else - I actually thought someone had either invented it or that it was an American import. I find it an ungainly expression and for the record in DWP it is pronounced "tim-eeoossly"! Regards, Simon Bagnall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com