Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Periodically; according to the season.

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  • adverb Occurring every season.
  • adverb Occurring only in season.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb depending on the season

Etymologies

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seasonal +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I didn't see the phrase "seasonally adjusted" in this article, which means that many of those jobs

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • The third calendar quarter or September quarter is what we call the seasonally weak quarter.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • Eating more seasonally is also about nutrition – different climates demand different dietary regimes.

    Food decisions | Radical Futures Project 2009

  • Also positive were declines in seasonally adjusted crude oil prices, the AAA corporate bond spread and the July 2009 real federal funds rate.

    Economic index forecasts moderate growth through September 2010

  • The surprise move came as the government reported that the trade-dependent economy — a bellwether for Asia — contracted at an annualized clip of 19.8% in seasonally adjusted terms in July-September from the previous quarter following its stellar rebound in the first half from the global downturn last year.

    Singapore Surprises With a Move to Tighten P.R. Venkat 2010

  • Eating seasonally is a way for me to build reflection into my busy life, and that's almost as satisfying as a golden, earthy bit of fresh pumpkin flesh.

    2 More Ways of Looking at Pumpkin Sarah Lenz 2008

  • Eating seasonally is a way for me to build reflection into my busy life, and that's almost as satisfying as a golden, earthy bit of fresh pumpkin flesh.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Sarah Lenz 2008

  • Climate change could further adversely affect food security and exacerbate malnutrition at low latitudes, especially in seasonally dry and tropical regions, where crop productivity is projected to decrease for even small local temperature increases (1 – 2 °C).

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Nobel Lecture 2007

  • As I said last week, sentiment has been creeping toward more bullish readings as stocks make their way through what is frequently termed a seasonally strong period.

    Market's Pause May Refresh Chris Johnson 2006

  • However, the mean ice anomaly — defined as the seasonally-adjusted difference between the current value and the average from 1979-2000, varies much more slowly.

    Matthew Yglesias » Today in Pessimism 2009

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