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summery

summery

3 2.8
Having warm, bright, and light qualities like sunny days
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌməri/
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  • Today could be the last hot, summery day of the year.
  • summery salad
  • summery dress
  • summery scent

Examples

  • Faith emerges from a dressing room in something summery and flowing.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • In these summery days, my own life, at least frontally, is simplicity's model.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • A light, summery cotton material, as I remember.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The grass there was still green, almost summery.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The day was sweetly summery and beautiful.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • But it had been so nice and summery in the Hundred Acre Wood, and the sunshine was as warm as a blanket.

    Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)

  • The large maple tree that hovered over our deck was summery green.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Her hair, braided in two long pigtails, was as yellow as a summery iris.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The sky was cloudless, blue as periwinkle; the air, warm and summery, seethed with insects, mayflies, and yellow-winged butterflies.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The weather was warm and summery, perfect for a day at the beach.

Synonyms

balmy
vssummery
15 3.0

Weather that is pleasantly warm and mild

is broader, meaning typical of the whole season rather than just mild warmth
sunshiny
vssummery
4 2.8

Having bright sunlight and a warm, happy feeling

is about the wider summer traits beyond simple brightness
beachy
vssummery
  • Informal
2 3.4

A relaxed, sunny style like being at the beach

is about general summer characteristics not only beach style
estival
vssummery
9.9

Relating to things that happen in summer

is about being suitable for or typical of summer
aestival
vssummery
9.9

Happening in the summer

is about being suitable for or typical of summer
summerlike
vssummery
3.4

Like warm, bright summer weather

is more about being truly characteristic or suitable for summer

Antonyms

cold
∞ 1.0

Having a low temperature that feels chilly

wintry
12 3.5

Cold and bleak with snow or strong wind

autumnal
6 6.5

Relating to autumn, like cool weather and falling leaves

How Summery

tropical
72 2.3
summery
3 2.8
sunny
226 1.0
mild
75 1.0

Surface Forms

summery positive
sunnier comparative
sunniest superlative

Morphology

summery = summer (transparent) = summer + y

Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'summer' with '-y'; the meaning 'characteristic of summer' is directly inferred.

Etymology

Summery comes from the simple word summer plus the ending -y, which means 'like'. So summery literally means 'like summer', which helps you remember a bright, light dress or a warm, fresh day as 'summery'.