Historical Examples

• The interruption was seasonable, for the bell had nearly rung itself out.

  Little Dorrit

  Charles Dickens

• Here Agesilaus distinguished himself by an invention as seasonable as it was simple.

  Hellenica

  Xenophon

• The gathering clouds did not prove simply a seasonable warning.

  On the Heels of De Wet

  The Intelligence Officer

• "Most seasonable advice, certainly, in our circumstances," said the Major.

  In Search of the Castaways

  Jules Verne

• For Man, I trust, this quickening word is yet seasonable; for Venice it is too late.

  Glances at Europe

  Horace Greeley