winterly
AmericanEtymology
Origin of winterly
before 1000; Old English winterlīc (not recorded in ME); see winter, -ly
Example Sentences
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How bitter and winterly waxed last night The air that was mild!
From The Hoyden by Duchess
During severe winterly weather it is advisable to be cautious in the application of heat, more especially at night.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William
What is for me, Whose days so winterly go on?
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss
But when Bice first appeared suddenly in his way, far down in the depths of the winterly park, the boy's impulse would have been, had that been practicable, to turn and flee.
From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
One winterly day, about the year when you and I were concerned in being born, the engine-driver of a Scotch express received the 'clear' from a signal near a little Huntingdon station called Abbots Ripton.
From Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Bramah, Ernest
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