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intempestively

intempestively adverb: unseasonably; at the wrong time.

Adverb

intempestively (comparative more intempestively, superlative most intempestively)

  1. (obsolete) unseasonably; at the wrong time
    • intempestively rayl at1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    inopportunely

Synonyms of intempestively

Forms of intempestively

comparativemore intempestively
superlativemost intempestively

Origin of intempestively

From intempestive + -ly.

Questions about intempestively

What does intempestively mean?
Intempestively means unseasonably; at the wrong time.
What part of speech is intempestively?
Intempestively is an adverb.

Words near intempestively in the dictionary

  1. intemperates
  2. intemperating
  3. intemperature
  4. intemperaunce
  5. intempestive
  6. intempestively
  7. intempestivity
  8. intemporal
  9. intenable
  10. intence
  11. intencely

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