Tempestive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
seasonable; timely obsolete
"Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven."

Synonyms

opportune timely timesome

Example

"Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven."

Etymology

From Latin tempestivus.

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