seasonable

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Now that is ever best and most seasonable, which is for the good of the whole.

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  1. adjective In keeping with the time or the season. See Usage Note at seasonal.
  2. adjective Occurring or performed at the proper time; timely.

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  • "What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual & surest support?" —  Sibby Online
  • What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning; each leaning on the other for their mutual & surest support? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • This humble attempt being seasonable, got into considerable notice in the University and proved the means of exciting great interest on my behalf - which produced several more acceptable presents during my dear husband's illness, and wrought favourably for the children when he was no more. —  Penguin unearthed
  • Sunny skies and more southwesterly component to the winds will drive temperatures back into the seasonable-plus range today and tomorrow. —  Blog updates
  • Although seasonable, the Ohio environs are different than tropical Florida. —  timesunion.com: Local Breaking News
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  1. from Middle English seasonable, from Old French *sesonable, from seson, season: see season and -able.
 

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