Seasonable

The Memphis Christian Advocate speaks of this work as "seasonable" -- in view of the revival of infidelity of the Thomas Paine type -- and says, ❋ William Andrew (1856)

Now that is ever best and most seasonable, which is for the good of the whole. ❋ Emperor Of Rome Marcus Aurelius (N/A)

He generally had on a well worn greyish overcoat, the side pockets of which gaped somewhat with constant usage for into them he would cram a large number of tracts and sally forth in company with me or another of the missionaries, or as sometimes happened he went alone, drop a tract here or there and speak a seasonable word. ❋ J. Wardle (N/A)

We are supposed to clear off later, with wind and "seasonable" temperatures, which means highs in the 40s F. ❋ Jhetley (2007)

Longer-term forecast says showers off and on until Wednesday, at which point we return to "seasonable" temperatures. ❋ Jhetley (2006)

The Triestines think us as mad as hatters to come up here, on account of the weather, which is 'seasonable' – bora, snow, and frozen fingers. ❋ William Henry Burton Wilkins (1897)

-- But even to him who possesses the knowledge of Brahman, the fruits of good deeds -- such as seasonable rain, good crops, &c. -- are desirable because they enable him to perform his meditations in due form; how then can it be said that knowledge is antagonistic to them and destroys them? ❋ George Thibaut (1881)

People to whom cold means misery, who hate to be braced, and shudder at the word "seasonable," can have little difficulty in accounting for the origin of the sports of winter. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

Here in Paris, the numbed soldiers out in the open fields, and the women and children, who have no fires and hardly any food, bitterly complain of the "seasonable" weather. ❋ Henry Labouchere (1871)

Yet it was only high noon, of a "seasonable" winter's day, by the face of the clock that hung like a pallid moon on the murky wall opposite to him. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

That is why even quite good shops have their counters and windows crowded with things worth about four shillings that look as if they might be worth seven-and-six, and are priced at ten shillings and labelled seasonable gifts. '" ❋ 1870-1916 Saki (1893)

Friday: A switch in the winds to come from the south is a good omen today as we achieve the rarest of events, a seasonable day. ❋ Unknown (2011)

March will first give us a fairly seasonable "average" temperature day with typical March breezes, then Saturday we head into more clouds and greater chances for more intense rains on what looks like a wet Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Highs should return to the more seasonable low-to-mid 40s. ❋ David Streit (2011)

Following this front, we'll enjoy a few seasonable days though tomorrow is fairly windy before another system approaches for the second half of the week. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The hopes for diversification ran into dilemmas, like trying to sell seasonable fruits and vegetables to hotels that preferred to import uniform looking apples or potatoes from far away. ❋ Ellen Frankenstein (2010)

I figured it was salable; it could be positioned as non-fiction or fiction, sold to a mid-level publisher, and those ghost story collections generally are perennial backlist sellers and show up on the seasonable table displays at the chain bookstores. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tonight: Skies are clear to partly cloudy with seasonable overnight lows ranging from the mid-50s in the cooler suburbs to near 60 downtown. ❋ Jason Samenow (2010)

Clear and seasonable at night, with lows 51-58 (suburbs-city). ❋ Jason Samenow (2010)

Going forward, the company plans to offer fewer promotions, as inventories fall in line with sales and the weather become more seasonable. ❋ Elizabeth Holmes (2011)