summerlyadj.
/ˈsʌməli/, U.S. /ˈsəmərli/ 1. Of or relating to summer; taking place in summer.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to summer
summerlyOE
summerOE
aestivalc1386
estivousc1420
aestive1607
midsummerish1836
midsummery1866
OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Þær is se sumerlica sunstede, forðan þe heo [sc. seo sunne] cyrð þær ongean eft suðweard.
OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 116 Aestiuus dies, sumorlic dæg. Autumnalis dies, hærfestlic dæg.
a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) x. 45 (heading) Hu me sceall singe vhtsang on sumerliche time.
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 34 After this somerlye reuerting, the Sonne is not perceiued to decline farther North.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Socrates in Panoplie Epist. 227 The grassehopper..leapt and chirpte..among the greene herbes and summerlie plantes.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 598 Your daily, summerly, and winterly experiences of your hardships and difficulties in the Seas.
1771 H. Walpole Let. 9 July (1840) V. 303 The weather is but lukewarm, and I should choose to have all the windows shut, if my smelling was not much more summerly than my feeling.
1849 H. A. Wise Los Gringos xxxviii. 283 Armed with a broad sombrero, summerly jacket and trowsers, let him recline pleasantly on the seats, with a leg and arm thrown over the side.
1896 London & China Tel. 27 June Suppl. 4/2 The summerly season being a drawback for the tea market, sales remained of but very small extent.
1947 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 55 447/2 Milankovitch again calculated the corresponding radiation changes and constructed a graph of the summerly variations.
2005 Arctic, Antarctic, & Alpine Res. 37 568/1 The summerly rockfall peak in July seemed to be related to passing cold fronts with heavy rainfalls; frost was absent in this period.
2. Characteristic or reminiscent of summer; summer-like, summery. Also figurative.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to summer > summery
summerlyc1225
summery?a1475
summer-like1530
summerish1726
summer1772
summered1804
summerful1859
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 771 Euch strete..eauer iliche sumerlich.
c1480 Medulla Gram. (Pepys) f. 75 Estanus [read Estauus], somyrly.
1614 J. Hayward Strong Helper (ed. 2) xxi. 290 Faith hath his summerly beautie, and winterly barrennesse.
1659 tr. R. Fludd Mosaicall Philos. v. x. 111 The depression of the waters in the summerly south.
1696 W. Hunt Demonstr. Astrol. ii. ii. 36 When we have our Seasons irregular and out of order, viz. Winterly Summers, and Summerly Winters.
1749 H. Walpole Let. 4 June (1861) II. 164 As summerly as June and Strawberry Hill may sound, I assure you I am writing to you by the fire-side.
1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams iii. xxix. 296 The mold, lightly sprinkled by summerly shower.
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal xi. 210 A quiet, most summerly, September day.
1858 Times 15 Dec. 6/1 Whenever the season is summerly and the weather is damp and mild.
1894 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. I. iv. 57 I journeyed in summerly weather..to Oxford.
1913 Carbondale (Illinois) Daily Free Press 9 Sept. 1/6 (advt.) It comprises a perfect heating and ventilating system, bathing each room in the summerly warmth of pure, healthful, constantly-renewed, humidified air.
2006 Paducah (Kentucky) Sun (Nexis) 3 Jan. Behind the warm front, warm, summerly winds..moved warm, moist air into the area from the Gulf of Mexico.
Derivatives
ˈsummerliness n. summeriness; also figurative.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > summer heat
summerlinessa1661
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 17 Some will have it [sc. Somersetshire] so called from the Summerlinesse, or temperate pleasantnesse thereof.
1891 Wrexham Advertiser, & N. Wales News 31 Oct. 2/4 The woolly sheep scrambling through a gate under the guidance of a small, ruddy urchin..is very much to my taste, and has much pleasant ‘summerliness’ in it to beguile many a wintry hour.
1922 F. F. Shannon Country Faith 67 The Christian is a vast sunshine recorder, because he is abidingly sun-shining in the eternal summerliness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
summerlyadv.
/ˈsʌməli/, U.S. /ˈsəmərli/ Somewhat rare.
In a manner or condition characteristic of or befitting summer.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [adverb] > towards or during summer
summerly1600
summer-longa1743
summerward1859
summers1869
summerwards1870
1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. D1 Let the prodigall childe come out in his dublet and hose all greasy, his shirt hanging forth, and ne're a penny in his purse, and talke what a fine thing it is to walke summerly.
1823 T. Forster Res. Atmospheric Phaenomena (ed. 3) iv. 166 If Janiveer calends by summerly gay, 'Twill be winterly weather till the calends of May.
1838 R. M. Milnes Poems I. 44 The wind is blowing summerly.
1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 366 We summerly sail from the nettled Choptank and Tred Avon up to the Chester.
2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman ii. vii. 343 In the shadow of his own silver maple, its branches spreading summerly over his block.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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