Later and Timely

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Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

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Timely and later are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Timely" instead an adjective "Later".

Timely adjective - Especially suitable for a certain time.

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Later and timely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Later" instead an adjective "Timely".

Nearby Words: time, timeliness

This is fairly timely, considering that Mad Max: Fury Road came out a few months later.

Source: Western Animation / The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
It's the timely arrival of Batman which scares them off moments later, but still.

Source: With My Hands Tied
This is averted by Liu Bei's timely return, but later fulfilled anyway as Zhuge Liang devotes the rest of his life to carrying out Liu Bei's last wishes of reviving the Han.

Source: Series / Three Kingdoms

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