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Definition of Seasonable

1. Adjective. In keeping with the season. "Seasonable clothes"

2. Adjective. Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time. "The book's publication was well timed"

Definition of Seasonable

1. a. Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain.

Definition of Seasonable

1. Adjective. Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time. ¹

2. Adjective. Appropriate to the current season of the year. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Ephemeral; lasting for just one season. ¹

4. Adjective. (obsolete) In season (said of game when it is legal to be hunted and killed). ¹

5. Adjective. (obsolete) Well-seasoned; matured (e.g. timber). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seasonable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seasonable

seaside goldenrod seaside mahoe seaside resort seaside resorts seaside scrub oak seasides seasing seasnail season season's greetings

season creep season ticket season tickets seasonability seasonable (current term) seasonableness seasonabliest seasonably seasonage seasonal

seasonal-unemployment seasonal adjustment seasonal affective disorder seasonal constellation seasonal constellations seasonal lake seasonal lakes seasonal unemployment seasonalities

Literary usage of Seasonable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"who may, however, waive it.1 The notice should sufficiently apprise the adverse party of the applicant's intention,* and should, of course, be seasonable,3 ..."

2. Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1911)
"A seasonable WARNING AND CAUTION AGAINST THE INSINUATIONS OF PAPISTS AND JACOBITES IN FAVOR OF ... The seasonable Warning and Caution was a direct appeal, ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain by Samuel Halkett, John Laing (1885)
"seasonable hints from an honest man on the present important crisis of a new ... seasonable (a) memorial in some historical notes upon the liberties of the ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Cresswell Cresswell (1823)
"Per Sclk- nii/i CJ And in 7 Hen. 6. 38., waste alleged in cutting down and selling certain ashes. Plea, that they were seasonable wood to cut from 10 ..."

5. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"Their is a vile paper called a seasonable Speach spread to make Members of our ... The full title of it is A seasonable Speech made by a worthy Member of ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... and his seasonable writings, which were diligently circulated and eagerly perused, contributed to unite and animate the orthodox party. ..."

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