summeryadj.

?a1475 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Longleat) i. l. 533 Somery [?a1439 Bodl. 263 The soil enbroudid ful off somer floures].

1774 J. Yorke Let. 9 June (Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Rec. L30/9a/9) 193 We had afterwards heavy & stormy Showers but not setled Rain, & the two or three last Days we spent at Wimple were fine; & the Country too everywhere in great Beauty, but the Season as yet not Anywhere Summer-y enough to enjoy it fully.

1824 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) II. 420 Let me congratulate with you the return of Spring, what a Summery Spring too!

1847 R. W. Church in Life & Lett. (1894) i. 76 Their white sails, and the white houses and towers..gave a summery look to the whole.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 May 4/2 The ladies..donned their prettiest gowns and their summeriest bonnets.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xv. 262 He was pleased by the..summery appearance he made in an outing shirt and canvas shoes.

1986 D. Nabokov tr. V. Nabokov Enchanter (1987) i. 27 The summery tint of her bare arms..the way the folds of her skirt moved.

1997 DJ 30 Aug. 78/3 As the title suggests ‘Carnival’ is another summery latino house vibe with a samba-ish party edge.

2015 Saga Mag. June 88/2 In fact a bowl of stewed goosegogs..is one of the best endings to a summery British meal.

1840 Blackwood's Mag. 47 702 The summeriness of the day, or the dewiness of the evening.

1861 Illustr. London News 10 Jan. 21/1 Be it noted in passing that this eternal summeriness of other parts of the earth than our own is pure theory for the most part.

1936 A. L. Rowse Diaries (2003) 91 I think they were enjoying the evening, the summeriness of it, the summer food.

2015 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 June (Taste section) 29 Even just roasting those quinces with red wine and cloves to serve with a dollop of fresh cream and halva gives some rosy summeriness to any winter feast.