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SUMMERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does summery mean?
• SUMMERY (adjective)
The adjective SUMMERY has 1 sense:
1. belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer
Familiarity information: SUMMERY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer
Context example:
summery dresses
Similar:
aestival; estival ((rare) of or occurring in summer)
summer-blooming; summer-flowering (of plants that bloom during the summer)
Antonym:
autumnal (of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn)
vernal (of or characteristic of or occurring in spring)
wintry (characteristic of or occurring in winter)
Derivation:
summer (the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox)
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