summerful
summerful noun: enough to fill or be produced by a summer.
Noun
summerful (plural summerfuls or summersful)
- Enough to fill or be produced by a summer.
- Then suddenly he poured out from his throat Whole summerfuls of song in every note1934, David Dodds Henry, William Vaughn Moody: A Study, page 98
- A suggestion from the post mistress in the western village of Cill Mhuirbhigh gave me the form of this contribution: since I seemed to have a hand for the drawing, an ear for the placenames and legs for the boreens, why should I not make a map of the islands, for which endless summersful of...1986, Tim Robinson, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, page 11
Adjective
summerful (comparative more summerful, superlative most summerful)
- Having or characteristic of summer; summery.
- The summerless year 1927 is brought in as an example of their unutterable folly: that year was as summerful as any other year!1926, The Sunspot - Volumes 12-16, page 5
- There was a moment of silence, as if the evening had turned suddenly dry, calm, summerful, and empty.1949, Oscar De Liso, God's Thumb Down, page 254
Examples of summerful in a sentence
- Some women even tried the solar cooker—a matter of some satisfaction, since a day's fuel needs of a tribal village burn away a summerful of solar-energy trapped in dry twigs.1988, Indian Farming - Volume 38, page 4:
- Perhaps a summerful of my pouting didn't appeal to them.2005, Patsy Clairmont, I Grew Up Little: Finding Hope in a Big God, page 74:
- By their own account they keep pushing an increasingly corporate entertainment industry to do what scares it a little — and not just stick to a summerful of sequels and animated sure shots.2008 May 4, Michael Cieply, “A Man of Steel With Feet of Clay”, in New York Times:
- Summerful England, what lovelier, totally wholesomely lovely place is there to remember a totally, wholesomely lovely world.2017, Irena Milloy, Another Pot of Coffee, page 126:
Forms of summerful
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | summerfuls |
| plural | summersful |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more summerful |
| superlative | most summerful |
Origin of summerful
From summer + -ful.
Questions about summerful
- What does summerful mean?
- Summerful means enough to fill or be produced by a summer.
- How do you use summerful in a sentence?
- Some women even tried the solar cooker—a matter of some satisfaction, since a day's fuel needs of a tribal village burn away a summerful of solar-energy trapped in dry twigs.
- What part of speech is summerful?
- Summerful can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of summerful?
- The plural of summerful is summerfuls.
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