mindmap root((适时)) seasonable implies appropriateness to the season or being perfectly fitted to the occasion or situation: ~ weather. timely applies to what occurs or appears at the time or moment when it is most useful or valuable: a ~ warning. well-timed applies to what is so timely as to suggest care, forethought, or design: a ~ remark that stifled objections. opportune describes something that comes, often by chance, at the best possible moment and works to the advantage of those concerned: an idea that arose from an ~ remark. pat may apply to what is notably apt, ready, or well-suited to the occasion: a ~ remark; OR to what is so very apt as to be suspect: offered an alibi that seemed too ~.