betimes
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English bitimes, from bi (“by”) + time and adverbial -s.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adverb [edit]
betimes (not comparable)
- In good season or time; early, especially in the morning.
- 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
- Smart lad to slip betimes away
- From fields where glory does not stay.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, ch. 13,
- I was up betimes in the morning, but Holmes was afoot earlier still, for I saw him as I dressed, coming up the drive.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 786:
- However they dined very early, for the winter dusk fell betimes at this season [...].
- 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
- (archaic) In a short time, soon.
- 1898, The High History of the Holy Graal, translated by Sebastian Evans, Branch IX, Title II,
- [O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass.
- 1839, Doctrine and Covenants 121:43[1]
- Reproving betimes with sharpness...and afterward showing forth an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved...
- 1898, The High History of the Holy Graal, translated by Sebastian Evans, Branch IX, Title II,
