seasonallyadv.
/ˈsiːzn̩l̩i/, /ˈsiːzn̩əli/, /ˈsiːz(ə)nəli/, U.S. /ˈsiz(ə)nəli/ 1. At a certain time of year, at some seasons.
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seasonally1834
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Isles (1841) I. 22 One species is often found, at least seasonally, upon those grounds.
1887 Athenæum 12 Feb. 227/2 The fact of the moth being seasonally dimorphic was likely to introduce disturbing elements into the experiments.
2. According to the season.
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seasonally1937
1937 Davies & Yoder Business Statistics v. 239 In January..the unadjusted index was 88 and in February it was 91. This was a rise, but not so much as would be seasonally expected, as is shown by adjusted figures for the same months, which are 91 and 89.
1942 Croxton & Cowden Appl. Gen. Statistics xviii. 524 There will be an enormous drop in the seasonally adjusted data between December and January.
1971 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 15 Seasonally adjusted..the figures show an increase in borrowing by industry of about £50 million over the previous quarter.
1974 Nature 1 Feb. 269/2 Both parameters depend on the mesospheric circulation, whose main features at a particular latitude vary seasonally.
1982 Guardian 15 Apr. 14/2 The seasonally adjusted level of unemployment..remained at 11·8 per cent.
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