Octoberly

English

Etymology

October +‎ -ly

Adjective

Octoberly (comparative more Octoberly, superlative most Octoberly)

1. (rare) Characteristic of the month of October.
   • 2000, John Towey, Recollections in Rhyme, page 57:

     The month is as Octoberly as a Persian rug But no weaver can describe it.

   • 1985, John Heath-Stubbs, The Immolation of Aleph, page 87:

     September — the Balance poises the equinox; Scorpion gives an Octoberly nip; November's centaur Archer bends His bow, and lets an arrow slip.

   • 1879 October 29, T. Moffitt, “A Strange Bird”, in Fun, page 182:

     As I left, the sun's rays were Octoberly shining, For, though at their height, they were misty and wan; I returned to the spot when those rays were declining, The church was still there, but the eagle was gone.