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seasonally

seasonally

9 3.7
In different seasons of the year
  • adverb
  • /ˈsiːzənəli/
translation icon : estacionalmente
  • The restaurant changes its menu seasonally to feature fresh ingredients from local farms.
  • fluctuates seasonally
  • varies seasonally
  • migrate seasonally

And if somebody's seasonally starving, it gets these lines in their teeth.

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Examples

  • The slow food movement promotes diets focused on locally and seasonally harvested foods.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean expands and recedes seasonally.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I think thinking about it seasonally has helped.

  • I dress seasonally and monochromatically.

  • The Peten is rich in animal species and is seasonally home to a large number of migrating birds.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Sardines are common in both nearshore and offshore areas and move seasonally along the coast.

    Academic text (2000)
  • At all three farms, animals were regularly grazed on seasonally available fodder.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Small farmers are scattered widely throughout a district in which roads are seasonally impassable and transportation is notoriously unreliable.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Many fruits are harvested seasonally, so you can only find them in certain months.

  • Her wardrobe is organized seasonally, with summer clothes stored away during winter.

How Seasonal

seasonally
9 3.7
annually
125 2.2
occasionally
438 2.0
year-round
66 3.0

Surface Forms

seasonally positive

Morphology

seasonally = seasonal (transparent) = season + al + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the transparent adjective 'seasonal'.

Etymology

The word seasonally comes from season, which means 'a time of year', and the ending -ally, which means 'in a way'. Think of how weather, crops, or holidays change by season, so if something happens seasonally it happens at certain times of the year.