autumnal

adjective

au·tum·nal ȯ-ˈtəm-nəl

: of, relating to, or characteristic of autumn

autumnal weather

autumnal colors

the autumnal equinox

I am often surprised to see rising amid these trees the rounded tops of apple-trees glowing with red or yellow fruit, in harmony with the autumnal tints of the forest.—

Henry David Thoreau

autumnally

ȯ-ˈtəm-nə-lē

adverb

These days on the verge of winter were autumnally fair, struck through with warmth until the swift lengthening of the shadows. —

John Updike

Examples of autumnal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The autumnal equinox marks the official start of fall. —

Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024 On Swift’s 2021 Evermore artwork, the 14-time Grammy winner is photographed from behind in an autumnal forest, her braided hair falling down the back of a plaid jacket. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 July 2024 For more than a century, California agriculture has depended on transient labor, with migrants moving from the winter lettuce fields of the south to the autumnal walnut orchards of the north. —

Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024 Arwen knows that the autumnal storms of crashing branches and splintered trees will come soon and cool the heated earth. —

Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for autumnal

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