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Septemberly en · ADJ

Etymology

From September + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) Characteristic of the month of September.
   • Benumbed by the sun's Septemberly cool deceit, A bee drags its wings through the towering grass; Revived once more by a merciful breath, Westward it hastily flies. 2004, Walter Schweppe, Sins of My Youth, page 40:
   • She was, in appearance, a fine woman, with the rosy, Septemberly beauty which is now generally described by means of three adjectives. 1897, William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens, The Leisure Hour, page 548:

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