summery
English
Etymology
From Middle English somery; equivalent to summer + -y. Compare Swedish somrig (“summery”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sŭmʹə-rē, IPA(key): /ˈsʌməɹi/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: summary
Adjective
summery (comparative summerier, superlative summeriest)
- Relating to the summer.
- She wore a light summery dress.
- Of weather, typical of summer.
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Derived terms
Translations
relating to the summer
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of weather, typical of summer
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Noun
summery
- Misspelling of summary.
- 1970, Morris Kominsky, chapter VII, in The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars, and Damned Liars, volume I, Boston: Branden Press, Inc., 8283-1288-5, page 451:
- We are reasonably certain that every reader will understand the danger and downright immorality of using quotation marks in a careless or flippant manner, that only a person’s actual words may be placed in quotation marks, and that a summery or paraphrase must be so labeled or identified.
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