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Decemberly

Decemberly adjective: characteristic of the month of December.

Adjective

Decemberly (comparative more Decemberly, superlative most Decemberly)

  1. (rare) Characteristic of the month of December.
    • Because the air was so Decemberly, cousin and cousin decided to go out to Oliva Forest and, if it wasn't too much for Tulla, to walk as far as the Schwedenschanze.2004, Günter Grass, Helmut Frielinghaus, The Günter Grass reader, page 55
    • Lady Dimchurch brought only her own keen appetite, and I remember that the ayre being Decemberly and the summer goosemist laying on the sidelands, she hadde a little snoutband drawn about her face to huddle her from the cold.1904, William Waldorf AStor, “A Dragon in the Garden of Eden”, in The Pall Mall magazine, page 442

Synonyms of Decemberly

Forms of Decemberly

comparativemore Decemberly
superlativemost Decemberly

Origin of Decemberly

From December + -ly.

Questions about Decemberly

What does Decemberly mean?
Decemberly means characteristic of the month of December.
What part of speech is Decemberly?
Decemberly is an adjective.

Words near Decemberly in the dictionary

  1. December brides
  2. December revolt
  3. Decemberish
  4. Decemberist
  5. Decemberists
  6. Decemberly
  7. Decembers
  8. Decembery
  9. Decembr
  10. Decembral
  11. Decembre

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