Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to winter; wintry.
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- adjective Characteristic of
winter .
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Examples
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If you are planning to be on Victoria from 7 th to 4th, or on 4th from Victoria to Dominion, you are encouraged to wear something that is "winterish".
Opinion 250: News 2010
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The dissonance between the winterish associations of oranges at home, and the soft, warm evening air in San José was as pleasant as anything I can remember, surfacing an idle longing for clove-studded peel drying in the stove, for chilled orange segments with Medjoul dates, ginger and clotted cream and slow mornings of coffee and oranges.
Coffee and Oranges 2009
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The dissonance between the winterish associations of oranges at home, and the soft, warm evening air in San José was as pleasant as anything I can remember, surfacing an idle longing for clove-studded peel drying in the stove, for chilled orange segments with Medjoul dates, ginger and clotted cream and slow mornings of coffee and oranges.
Coffee and Oranges 2009
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If you're used to thinking of lima beans as only being for winterish soups, check out how Chris brings them into a new season.
Archive 2008-04-01 Kalyn Denny 2008
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If you're used to thinking of lima beans as only being for winterish soups, check out how Chris brings them into a new season.
Cooking with Herbs, Plants, Veggies, and Flowers: WHB #127 Kalyn Denny 2008
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JACQUI JERAS, CNN, METEOROLOGIST: Looking actually a little winterish across some parts of the west.
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I wish I had clones to go do the Christmas Shopping ooops I mean, holiday or winterish shopping, I know how sensitive some of you anti-religionists get, just kidding around I need to do.
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The warm autumn day slid slowly but exorably into a winterish chill.
A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002
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Dale had time to notice her truck parked in the frozen mud turnaround, notice that the snow was mostly gone and that the day was sunny in its weak, winterish way, and then he closed and locked the door behind Michelle.
A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002
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-- I think the appearance this morning is as winterish as any I can remember, earth, houses, trees, all covered with snow, which began to fall yesterday morning & continued falling all last night.
Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Anna Green Winslow 1881
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