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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1650
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(Untymously,) Untymouslie, adv. Also: untymusly, -timeously, -timuslie, wntymouslie, -tymmouslie, ontymusly. [19th c. Eng. untimeously (1851); Tymously adv.] At an inappropriate, inopportune or unexpected time; unduly early or late; prematurely. Cf. Untymely adv.(a) 1531 Bell. Boece I 135.
Sa gret multitude of … pepill, cummand on thaim untimuslie within the nicht 1559 Knox VI 47.
It is not thought expedient that so weghty a mater be untymouslie disclosed a1578 Pitsc. I 56/13.
Throw high displesour of hir husbandis slaughter scho pairtit wntymouslie witht ane deid bairne 1613 Melrose P. 121.
It had bene indiscretioun to haue troubled him vntymouslie with the vther pourpose 1624 Perth Kirk S. MS 7 June.
He … sellis aill wntymouslie in the nicht to prophane folkis 1649 Acts VI (1819) 444/1.
Naithir thais losses, nor sufferings sall mak me (so wntymmouslie) crawe … subsistence 1650 Dunkeld Presb. I 101.
Helen Donaldson … posed … if she knew Isobell Haddow … and Elspeth Strachan, and if she kept ever company with them untimeously c1650 Spalding II 273.
This commvnioun wes thocht to be vntymouslie givin heir … being in the hight of harvest(b) 1513 Doug. vi vii 11.
[Babies] From the swete lyfe twynnyt ontymusly [Sm. vntymusly, Ruddim. vntimuslie]
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