matinal

comparative more matinal · superlative most matinal

1. In the morning, relating to the morning.

   Kate stood by the window, looking out drearily at the matinal sunlight.

   1877, May Agnes Fleming, Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters

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   I was awakened, as usual, by the outcries of the refractory negroes receiving their matinal stripes in the whipping-house.

   1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, No. 47, September, 1861

   I might add, however, for your further information, that I think I shall not go to Bund-i-Kir, which looks too peaceful to disturb at this matinal hour, but there--on the western shore of the Ab-i-Shuteit.

   1919, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1917