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Betimes

//bɪˈtaɪmz// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably. dated, not-comparable

    "Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children."

  2. 2
    In a short time, soon; quickly, forthwith. archaic, not-comparable

    "[O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in good time wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English betymes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. By surface analysis, betime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare also betides.

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