Seasonable
adjective
Suitable or happening at the right time.
The rain came in seasonable, during the plant's growth period.

Often appears as...
- seasonable weather
- seasonable rain
adjective
Suitable or happening at the right time.
The rain came in seasonable, during the plant's growth period.

Often appears as...
- seasonable weather
- seasonable rain
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Context Matter
Use 'seasonable' to describe things favorably timed with the seasons or usual patterns of events.

Farmers appreciated the seasonable temperatures for the harvest.
Not Just Weather
'Seasonable' applies to more than weather; it can refer to any suitable timing in various situations.

The store offered a seasonable discount on winter coats as the cold approached.
Positive Connotation
The term 'seasonable' often implies something is positive or beneficial because of its timely nature.

The vacation time was seasonable, offering much-needed rest.
Context Matter
Use 'seasonable' to describe things favorably timed with the seasons or usual patterns of events.

Farmers appreciated the seasonable temperatures for the harvest.
Not Just Weather
'Seasonable' applies to more than weather; it can refer to any suitable timing in various situations.

The store offered a seasonable discount on winter coats as the cold approached.
Positive Connotation
The term 'seasonable' often implies something is positive or beneficial because of its timely nature.

The vacation time was seasonable, offering much-needed rest.
Context Matter
Use 'seasonable' to describe things favorably timed with the seasons or usual patterns of events.

Farmers appreciated the seasonable temperatures for the harvest.
Not Just Weather
'Seasonable' applies to more than weather; it can refer to any suitable timing in various situations.

The store offered a seasonable discount on winter coats as the cold approached.
Positive Connotation
The term 'seasonable' often implies something is positive or beneficial because of its timely nature.

The vacation time was seasonable, offering much-needed rest.
Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair.

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James Madison
American President
What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?

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John Selden
English Statesman
Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair.

Quote examples
James Madison
American President
What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?

Quote examples
John Selden
English Statesman
Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

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