seasonable

[ see-zuh-nuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. suitable to or characteristic of the season: seasonable weather.

  2. timely; opportune: a seasonable suggestion.

Origin of seasonable

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English sesounable, sesounabulle, sesonable; see origin at season, -able

synonym study For seasonable

2. See opportune.

confusables note For seasonable

See seasonal.

Other words for seasonable

Other words from seasonable

  • sea·son·a·ble·ness, noun
  • sea·son·a·bly, adverb
  • non·sea·son·a·ble, adjective
  • non·sea·son·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·sea·son·a·bly, adverb

Words that may be confused with seasonable

Words Nearby seasonable

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How to use seasonable in a sentence

  • The true wisdom is to be always seasonable, and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances.

    The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • In this Epistle as in that we have the same phenomenon, deeply suggestive and seasonable for our life to-day.

  • But as the storm passed round, they were soon recalled, bringing with them the seasonable supply of four turkies.

  • It'll be a more seasonable pastime then, it seems to me,' he replied.

    Sarah's School Friend | May Baldwin
  • This very seasonable supply of wholesome food kept many on board from dying.

    Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for seasonable

seasonable

/ (ˈsiːzənəbəl) /


adjective
  1. suitable for the season

  2. taking place at the appropriate time

Derived forms of seasonable

  • seasonableness, noun
  • seasonably, adverb

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