Saturday, 8 April 2017

Words From The Same Family - Time v Timely


Time (noun) - seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years.

  • Time flies (= passes quickly) when you're having fun.
  • Paula likes sitting at cafes to pass the time.
  • We'd save a lot of time if we took the train. 
  • I worked as a part time waitress for a short period of time when I was in college.

Timely (adj) - sth happening at the best possible moment.

  • The strengthening of the Ringgit (RM) not only provided a timely boost to the company's stagnant (= not moving) profits, but also made travelling abroad more affordable for the rest of us.
  • Tom's timely reminder saved me a lot of time and unnecessary stress. 

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