A hard but seasonable frost. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : seasonable weather. ,a seasonable suggestion. From Dictionary.com.
Now that is ever best and most seasonable, which is for the good of the whole. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
We are supposed to clear off later, with wind and "seasonable" temperatures, which means highs in the 40s F. From Wordnik.com. [More gray] Reference
Longer-term forecast says showers off and on until Wednesday, at which point we return to "seasonable" temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [Clouding up] Reference
The Triestines think us as mad as hatters to come up here, on account of the weather, which is 'seasonable' – bora, snow, and frozen fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
Yet it was only high noon, of a "seasonable" winter's day, by the face of the clock that hung like a pallid moon on the murky wall opposite to him. From Wordnik.com. [A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories] Reference
Here in Paris, the numbed soldiers out in the open fields, and the women and children, who have no fires and hardly any food, bitterly complain of the "seasonable" weather. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris] Reference
People to whom cold means misery, who hate to be braced, and shudder at the word "seasonable," can have little difficulty in accounting for the origin of the sports of winter. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Leaders] Reference
Offered at each friendly dwelling, seasonable gifts must go. From Wordnik.com. [The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse] Reference
That night we had the fashionable and seasonable rain again. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
In the wheat districts those are the seasonable times to get rain. From Wordnik.com. [Wheat Growing in Australia] Reference
Apt to learn; promising; docile; tractable; propitious; seasonable. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
It'll be a more seasonable pastime then, it seems to me, 'he replied. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
Englishman's Christmas at home, although -- to adapt some seasonable lines. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
These seasonable, average high temperatures in the upper 80s the next couple days?. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Fantastic Friday & semi-sweet Saturday] Reference
He was entertained with abundance of civility, and went to bed at a seasonable time. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
Matthias Halstead, happily arrived, and brought them a seasonable supply of necessaries. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
Chinese card to the official with seasonable wishes and thanks for his thoughtful kindness. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
'This is a very admirable and seasonable book, displaying much reading and the soundest views. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
Skies should begin to break by midday allowing highs to get up to seasonable levels in the mid-80s. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Storms today no match for last Sunday's] Reference
Spaniards could scarcely have attacked it at a time more seasonable for obtaining an easy conquest. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
This sale presents an unusual opportunity to secure seasonable apparel at decided price concessions. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
Though chilly in the early morning the weather was quite seasonable, and on the whole we did not fare badly. From Wordnik.com. [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference
And if their union is seasonable, who knows but that she may be a better partner for him than any young woman?. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Saturday brings a picture perfect day with humidity still quite comfortable and seasonable temperatures on tap. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Storms today no match for last Sunday's] Reference
To prepare seasonable fruits and vegetables so well that the members of your home will find them most palatable. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 65: Hebrews The Challoner Revision] Reference
I thought I could not select a more seasonable time than when our ambassador was at court; accordingly, I started from. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
If the price of oysters is too high, some seasonable small fresh fish such as pike may be used in place of oysters. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
It is to be hoped it will escape being frozen to death, and live to sing its sweet spring song at a more seasonable time. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
On the five o'clock Mr. Gunterson left New York, and at a seasonable hour on Tuesday morning he started forth upon his travels from his. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
What though there be no crisp seasonable snow, no exhilarating frost, no cosy chimney nooks, or no ladies muffs and comfortable ulsters?. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
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