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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
opportunely
    adv 1: at an opportune time; "he arrived rather opportunely just
           when we needed a new butler" [ant: inopportunely,
           malapropos]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit.,
   at or before the port; ob (see Ob-) + a derivative of
   portus port, harbor. See Port harbor.]
   Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

         This is most opportune to our need.      --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] -- Op`por*tune"ly, adv. --
   Op`por*tune"ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

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