Definition of "opportune" []

• Suited or right for a particular purpose: an opportune place to make camp. (adjective)
• Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: an opportune arrival. (adjective)

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• "And sure enough, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, acknowledging that Zelaya's gambit has indeed changed the terms of the debate, issued a statement saying that the time was "opportune" to restore Zelaya to the presidency."
• "Not much of a stargazer, myself, as that type of "opportune" brillance can be blinding."
• "He thinks it so; otherwise, He would not have revealed His Trinitarian Nature until a more 'opportune' time."