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summerly

American  
[suhm-er-lee] / ˈsʌm ər li /

adjective

  1. summerlike; summery.

Other Word Forms

  • summerliness noun

Etymology

Origin of summerly

before 1000; Middle English sumerly, Old English sumorlīc. See summer 1, -ly

Example Sentences

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If Janiveer calends be summerly gay 'Twill be winterly weather till calends of May.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Preston, Thomas

Another of the same tenor: “If Janiveer Calends be summerly gay, It will be winterly weather till Calends of May.”

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

If Janiveer calends be summerly gay, ’Twill be wintry weather till the calends of May.

From Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright by Wright, M. E. S.

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