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Antonyms for opportuneness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : op-er-toon, -tyoon
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒp ərˈtun, -ˈtyun

Definition of opportuneness

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French opportun and directly from Latin opportunus "fit, convenient, suitable, favorable," from the phrase ob portum veniens "coming toward a port," in reference to the wind, from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Opportunely.
  • As in convenience : noun availability, usefulness; useful thing
Example sentences :
  • He tasted her in sips, he let her stand, with an opportuneness she herself could not have surpassed.
  • Extract from : « The Portrait of a Lady » by Henry James
  • Hence everything now depends on the opportuneness of the demands of the women.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Woman's Rights Movement » by Kaethe Schirmacher
  • The quality and opportuneness of poetry are in each case undeniable.
  • Extract from : « A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) » by George Saintsbury
  • We are here in the very center of your Empire, and well in condition to judge of the opportuneness for an uprising.
  • Extract from : « The Carlovingian Coins » by Eugne Sue
  • Powers that are conscious of their opportuneness and utility do not like to lose time, but are prompt to act.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • It is by the favourableness or otherwise (of time and place) that the opportuneness of an act is determined.
  • Extract from : « The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4 » by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
  • It seemed an inopportune cheer, and for a moment it upset the orator: yet it was felicitous in opportuneness.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain » by Archibald Henderson
  • The "Ever-Victorious Army" was happy in the opportuneness of its death.
  • Extract from : « The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. I (of 2) » by Alexander Michie
  • He threw himself back upon questioning the utility of the expedition—its opportuneness, etc.
  • Extract from : « Five Weeks in a Balloon » by Jules Verne
  • She almost forgives Violet her existence for the opportuneness of the accident.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Synonyms for opportuneness

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