autumnal
adjective
au·tum·nal
ȯ-ˈtəm-nəl 
autumnally
adverb
These days on the verge of winter were autumnally fair, struck through with warmth until the swift lengthening of the shadows.
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John Updike
John Updike
Examples of autumnal in a Sentence
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The sanctuary will be officially dedicated Sept. 20 — just two days before another celestial event, the autumnal equinox, when day and night are equally long.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The four food and drink venues include the French-Japanese Toki, overseen by the chef Tetsuya Asano (previously of the Ritz Paris), and the Garden Bar, strategically positioned to capture seasonal views, like the spring cherry blossoms and blazing autumnal foliage, out of massive double windows.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
The Madame Web actor wore an autumnal brown and orange houndstooth coat, with a pair of flared black jeans, and aviators.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
Lab’s camera drinks in the saturated autumnal coppers and enveloping hunter greens of the forest, but the views here aren’t emptily panoramic: Any jeweled image of nature comes with a tacit threat of decay or death.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
During the vernal equinox that marks spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing its autumnal equinox, which ushers in fall for that part of the world.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
Tuesday will be one of two days out of the year – the other being the day of the autumnal equinox in September – when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness almost everywhere on Earth.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
This year, the September moon is also 2024's Harvest moon, which happens around the autumnal equinox.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2024
If there was no Leap Day, annual events including the summer and winter solstices or vernal and autumnal equinoxes would shift around to later in the year.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The four food and drink venues include the French-Japanese Toki, overseen by the chef Tetsuya Asano (previously of the Ritz Paris), and the Garden Bar, strategically positioned to capture seasonal views, like the spring cherry blossoms and blazing autumnal foliage, out of massive double windows.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
The Madame Web actor wore an autumnal brown and orange houndstooth coat, with a pair of flared black jeans, and aviators.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
Lab’s camera drinks in the saturated autumnal coppers and enveloping hunter greens of the forest, but the views here aren’t emptily panoramic: Any jeweled image of nature comes with a tacit threat of decay or death.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
During the vernal equinox that marks spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing its autumnal equinox, which ushers in fall for that part of the world.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
Tuesday will be one of two days out of the year – the other being the day of the autumnal equinox in September – when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness almost everywhere on Earth.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
This year, the September moon is also 2024's Harvest moon, which happens around the autumnal equinox.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2024
If there was no Leap Day, annual events including the summer and winter solstices or vernal and autumnal equinoxes would shift around to later in the year.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Autumnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autumnal. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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