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tempestive

tempestive adjective: seasonable; timely.

Adjective

tempestive (comparative more tempestive, superlative most tempestive)

  1. (obsolete) seasonable; timely
    • Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven.1635, Thomas Heywood, The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels
    Synonyms:
    opportune, timesome

Synonyms of tempestive

Forms of tempestive

comparativemore tempestive
superlativemost tempestive

Origin of tempestive

From Latin tempestivus.

Words formed from tempestive

Questions about tempestive

What does tempestive mean?
Tempestive means seasonable; timely.
What part of speech is tempestive?
Tempestive is an adjective.

Words near tempestive in the dictionary

  1. tempested
  2. tempestful
  3. tempesting
  4. tempestite
  5. tempestites
  6. tempestive
  7. tempestively
  8. tempestivities
  9. tempestivity
  10. tempestless
  11. tempestological

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