SEASONABLE


Meaning of SEASONABLE in English

ˈsēz( ə )nəbəl adjective

Etymology: Middle English sesounable, from sesoun season + able — more at season

1. : occurring in good or proper time : opportune

seasonable advice

a seasonable time for discussion

2. : suitable to or in keeping with the season or circumstances : timely

a hard but seasonable frost

seasonable care

Synonyms:

timely , well-timed , opportune , pat : seasonable describes what is peculiarly fit or appropriate to the season, occasion, or situation

seasonable weather

seasonable clothes

seasonable consolation during his time of trouble

timely refers to whatever occurs or appears at the moment when it is of most use, benefit, or assistance

a timely book

a similar fate for the column on the left bank of the stream was averted by the timely arrival of … the main army — R.A.Billington

unfortunate if absorption in affairs at home should cause us to forget that timely, well-considered aid now to countries teetering on the verge of economic breakdown and political anarchy would go far to avert the danger of another costly conflict — Vera M. Dean

well-timed suggests care, forethought, precision, or design in achieving timeliness

the well-timed and splendidly executed offensive … was a part of the same major strategy — R.D.Roosevelt

opportune may describe that which comes at the best possible time, perhaps by accident, and invites being capitalized on

as if this was an encounter which was something more than convenient, something really opportune — Rebecca West

the literary scene was too full of chaotic and short-lived movements to make the launching of a large work opportune — J.M.Barzun

pat applies to that which has happened at the most fit moment or which shows characteristics completely fit or apt for the occasion or often so seemingly apt that it is suspect

one, whose eyes dwelt in a distant void, with spell and omen pat upon his lips, and a purse for any crystal prophet ripe — John Drinkwater

had assuredly the air of a miracle, of something dreamed in a dream, of something pathetically and impossibly appropriate — pat, as they say — Arnold Bennett

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