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Opportuneness

n.hopeful, capableformal

What it means

The quality of being favorable and well timed.

Reach for it when naming the quality of occurring at a favorable or useful time

The opportuneness of the cool morning made planting easier.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    convenience

    the arrangement fits practical needs

    not when Convenience is broader and person-relative.

  • everyday

    good timing

    a familiar phrase is clearer

    not when Good timing may reflect skill or luck.

  • professional

    timeliness

    arrival at the useful time is central

    not when Timeliness can mean punctuality rather than favorable circumstance.

  • formal

    suitability

    general fitness for purpose matters

    not when Suitability does not identify time.

  • literary

    propitiousness

    conditions appear especially favorable

    not when The elevated word can suggest omen or fortune.

  • literary

    seasonableness

    fitness to a season is intended

    not when The term is rare and narrower.

Said against

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  • untimeliness
  • inconvenience
  • inopportuneness

It naturally appears in

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  • opportuneness of the moment

    The opportuneness of the moment made a quiet launch possible.

  • question the opportuneness

    The council began to question the opportuneness of a winter closure.

  • political opportuneness

    Political opportuneness should not replace evidence of need.

The word family

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Where this comes from

Opportuneness is rare and abstract; timeliness or good timing will usually be clearer.

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