a. [f. SUMMER sb.1 + -Y.] Resembling or pertaining to summer; characteristic of or appropriate to summer; summer-like.
1824. Lamb, Lett. to B. Barton, April. Let me congratulate with you the return of Spring: what a summery Spring too!
1839. Bailey, Festus, 237. Golden fruit grown in the summery suns.
1847. R. W. Church, in Life & Lett. (1894), I. 76. Their white sails, and the white houses and towers … gave a summery look to the whole.
1859. W. H. Gregory, Egypt, I. 359. The garment is decidedly summery, but is the only article of attire worn by young girls.
1889. Gunter, That Frenchman! x. 121. For this summery day she is dressed in white muslin.
1889. Pall Mall Gaz., 25 May, 4/2. The ladies … donned their prettiest gowns and their summeriest bonnets.
Hence Summeriness, summery character or quality.
1840. Blackw. Mag., XLVII. 702. The summeriness of the day, or the dewiness of the evening.
