adv
Meaning 1
In a manner suitable for some particular purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
opportunely
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɒp.ə.tjuːn.li/
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UK: /ˈɒp.ə.tʃuːn.li/
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UK: /ˌɒp.əˈtjuːn.li/
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US: /ˌɑ.pɚˈtun.li/
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US: /ˌɑ.pɚˈtjun.li/
adv
Meaning 2
In a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
at an opportune time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inopportunely
History
Etymology
From Middle English oportunely, equivalent to opportune + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sopivasti — in a manner suitable for some particular purpose
- Finnish: sattuvasti — in a manner suitable for some particular purpose
- Hungarian: jókor — in a manner suitable for some particular purpose
- Russian: благоприя́тно (blagoprijátno) — in a manner suitable for some particular purpose
- Russian: уме́стно (uméstno) — in a manner suitable for some particular purpose
- Russian: с учётом сложившихся обстоятельств (s učótom složivšixsja obstojatelʹstv) — in a manner suitable for some particular purpose
- Finnish: sopivasti — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Finnish: sattuvasti — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- German: rechtzeitig — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉 (uhteigō) — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Hungarian: idejében — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Hungarian: idejekorán — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Russian: своевре́менно (svojevrémenno) — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Russian: заблаговре́менно (zablagovrémenno) — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Spanish: tempestivamente — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time
- Ukrainian: своєча́сно (svoječásno) — in a manner convenient or advantageous at some particular time