Chinese phrase
总的来说，〜还算及时 zǒng de lái shuō 〜 hái suàn jí shí
Meaning
Overall ___ was fairly timely
When to use it
It says that something was reasonably prompt overall. It gives a balanced summary and often sounds mildly reserved rather than strongly positive.
Example dialogue
你觉得这次停水通知怎么样？ nǐ jué de zhè cì tíng shuǐ tōng zhī zěn me yàng
What did you think of the notice about this water outage?
总的来说，这次停水通知还算及时。 zǒng de lái shuō zhè cì tíng shuǐ tōng zhī hái suàn jí shí
Overall, the notice about this water outage was fairly timely.