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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. In good time; early: "A beneficent microclimate brings out the camellias betimes” ( John Russell).
  2. adv. Once in a while; on occasion.
  3. adv. Archaic Quickly; soon.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Seasonably; in good season or time; before it is too late; early.
  2. Soon; in a short time.
  3. Occasionally; at times.
  4. Synonyms Early, Soon, Betimes. See early.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. In good season or time; early, especially in the morning.
  2. adv. archaic In a short time, soon.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. in good time

Etymologies

  1. Middle English bitimes, from bi ("by") + time and adverbial -s. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English bitimes : bi, by; see by1 + time, time; see time + -es, adv. suff.; see -s3. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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