winterly
AmericanEtymology
Origin of winterly
before 1000; Old English winterlīc (not recorded in ME); winter, -ly
Example Sentences
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Some one, a man, is already there, leaning pensively on the railings that surround it, with his eyes fixed on the dark and winterly earth, and on the newly-planted, flagging flowers.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
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)
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
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
How bitter and winterly waxed last night The air that was mild!
From The Hoyden by Duchess
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