winterly
AmericanEtymology
Origin of winterly
before 1000; Old English winterlīc (not recorded in ME); see winter, -ly
Example Sentences
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At present the country had a cold and winterly aspect.
From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Ebenezer Davies
From time to time, through a breach contrived between sandbags so decomposed and oozing that they seem to have lived, we go out to a little winterly and mournful crossing, to look about.
From Light by Fitzwater Wray
Leaving Hull, I walked all night in stormy, winterly weather, and before morning I was on the near bank of Howden Dyke.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
A bright brisk winterly day, with a wind that kissed each cheek as bride-elect and bridesmaids descended the steps, and entered the carriages drawn up in turn.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
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 Thomas Belden Butler
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