winterly
AmericanEtymology
Origin of winterly
before 1000; Old English winterlīc (not recorded in ME); see winter, -ly
Example Sentences
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I know his love for his native land, and know that this winterly nature which I dread so much, is precisely his life and his health.
From Strife and Peace by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
Their place had been filled by a tangle of many saplings, and in their midst rose an elder-bush, already showing leaf, amid the bare winterly wood.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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 Davies, Ebenezer
How bitter and winterly waxed last night The air that was mild!
From The Hoyden by Duchess
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
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