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april | aprilly |

As a proper noun April

is the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.

As an adjective Aprilly is

characteristic of the month of April.

april

English

Proper noun

(Aprils)
  • The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr' or '
  • * 1845 , Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad :
    • Oh, to be in England
    Now that April ’s there
  • for somebody born in April; used since early 20th century.
  • * 1947 , Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll , page 27:
    • I'm April' Hooper. That sounds silly, the '''April''' part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English ' April .

    Synonyms

    * (fourth month)

    Derived terms

    * Aprilesque * April-esquire * April-fish * April fool * April-gentleman * April-gowk * Aprilian * Aprilish * April Revolution * April showers * April showers bring May flowers * April Theses * April Uprising * Bloody April * days of April * mid-April

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    aprilly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Characteristic of the month of April.
  • * 1907 , Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The iron lord
    • It was a summer such as had not often been seen in Kirktown. Day after day, instead of the usual Aprilly weather variegated by thunderstorms which usually passes for summer in Scotland...
  • * 1917 , Robert Ernest Vernède, Letters to his wife
    • It's turned Aprilly to-day — sharp showers and sunshine.
  • * 2000 , "Anne of the Thousand Penguins", KIDS!!!'' (on newsgroup ''alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup )
    • Aprilly and rainy here, but it will improve the crop of weeds on the front lawn.