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tempestivamente

promptly, in timely fashion

adverb tem-peh-stee-vah-MEN-teh Rare
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Usage Note

Tempestivamente stresses that an action happened at exactly the right moment — often implying that speed was critical: intervenire tempestivamente (to intervene in time). It is a formal adverb, frequent in bureaucratic, medical, and legal language. In everyday speech in tempo or prontamente is preferred.

Examples

"I soccorsi sono arrivati tempestivamente sul luogo dell'incidente."

Natural Translation

Rescuers arrived promptly at the accident scene.

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