Both Uses of
opportune
in
The Age of Innocence
- Such questions, at such an hour, were bound to drift through his mind; but he was conscious that their uncomfortable persistence and precision were due to the inopportune arrival of the Countess Olenska.†
Chpt 6 *
- "If people of my age WILL eat chicken-salad in the evening what are they to expect?" she enquired; and, the doctor having opportunely modified her dietary, the stroke was transformed into an attack of indigestion.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(opportune) favorable circumstances for a particular purpose -- especially the circumstance of good timing