summerful

plural summerfuls · plural summersful

1. Enough to fill or be produced by a summer.

   Perhaps a summerful of my pouting didn't appeal to them.

   2005, Patsy Clairmont, I Grew Up Little: Finding Hope in a Big God, page 74

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   Then suddenly he poured out from his throat Whole summerfuls of song in every note

   1934, David Dodds Henry, William Vaughn Moody: A Study, page 98

   A suggestion from the post mistress in the western village of Cill Mhuirbhigh gave me the form of this contribution: since I seemed to have a hand for the drawing, an ear for the placenames and legs for the boreens, why should I not make a map of the islands, for which endless summersful of visitors would thank and pay me?

   1986, Tim Robinson, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, page 11

   Some women even tried the solar cooker—a matter of some satisfaction, since a day's fuel needs of a tribal village burn away a summerful of solar-energy trapped in dry twigs.

   1988, Indian Farming - Volume 38, page 4

   By their own account they keep pushing an increasingly corporate entertainment industry to do what scares it a little — and not just stick to a summerful of sequels and animated sure shots.

   2008 May 4, Michael Cieply, “A Man of Steel With Feet of Clay”, in New York Times

comparative more summerful · superlative most summerful

1. Having or characteristic of summer; summery.

   There was a moment of silence, as if the evening had turned suddenly dry, calm, summerful, and empty.

   1949, Oscar De Liso, God's Thumb Down, page 254

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   The summerless year 1927 is brought in as an example of their unutterable folly: that year was as summerful as any other year!

   1926, The Sunspot - Volumes 12-16, page 5

   Summerful England, what lovelier, totally wholesomely lovely place is there to remember a totally, wholesomely lovely world.

   2017, Irena Milloy, Another Pot of Coffee, page 126