winterly
winterly adjective: of or relating to winter.
Adjective
winterly (comparative more winterly, superlative most winterly)
- Of or relating to winter.
- Synonyms:
- winter
- Happening in winter.
- One winterly day, about the year when you and I were concerned in being born, the engine-driver of a Scotch express received the ‘clear’ from a signal near a little Huntingdon station called Abbots Ripton. He went on and crashed into a goods train and into the thick of the smash a down express...1913, Ernest Bramah, The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem
- Synonyms:
- winter
- Of weather, etc, characteristic of winter.
- If it be somerly weather till the Kalends of January, it will be winterly weather to the Kalends of May.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 7
Synonyms of winterly
Forms of winterly
| comparative | more winterly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most winterly |
Origin of winterly
From Middle English wynturlych, from Old English winterlice; equivalent to winter + -ly.
Words formed from winterly
- winterliness
Questions about winterly
- What does winterly mean?
- Winterly means of or relating to winter.
- What part of speech is winterly?
- Winterly is an adjective.
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