winterly
AmericanEtymology
Origin of winterly
before 1000; Old English winterlīc (not recorded in ME); see winter, -ly
Example Sentences
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However it might be possible to give Count de Grasse an early hint of it in case you agree with him upon the winterly departure of the whole fleet for the West Indies.
From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de
I am sunk winterly below prose and zero.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
While in Japan we were present at the opening of Page 506the railway from Osaka to Kioto by the Mikado, and subsequently cruised in the Inland Sea in severe winterly weather.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
What is for me, Whose days so winterly go on?
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss
Several weeks passed away, and the weather began to grow cold and winterly.
From The Apricot Tree by Unknown
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