betimes /bɪˈtaɪmz/ adverb2 •(old-fashioned) In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children. — 1611 •(no longer used) In a short time, soon; quickly, forthwith.[O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass. — 1898
