Definition

Adverb In a manner that is not typical or appropriate for the time of year or season. It describes weather, temperatures, or conditions that are unusual or unexpected for a particular season.

Usage

The adverb "unseasonably" is used to modify adjectives (especially those describing temperature or weather conditions) to indicate that something is atypical for the season. It often precedes words like cold, warm, hot, cool, dry, or wet.

Examples

• The flowers bloomed in January due to unseasonably warm weather.
• We had to cancel the picnic because of unseasonably heavy rain for spring.
• It was unseasonably cold for October, with temperatures dropping below freezing.

Advanced Usage

• Unseasonably can also be used in a broader, more figurative sense to describe events or behaviors that are oddly timed or out of keeping with a particular period.
  • The company's unseasonably early announcement of layoffs shocked the employees.
  • He was in an unseasonably cheerful mood for a Monday morning.

Variants and Related Words

• Unseasonable (adjective): Not suitable or usual for the season.
  • We are experiencing unseasonable frost.
• Seasonably (adverb): In a manner typical or appropriate for the season.
  • The weather has been seasonably mild this autumn.

Synonyms

• Abnormally
• Atypically
• Unexpectedly (for the season)
• Irregularly

Antonyms

• Seasonably
• Normally
• Typically

Adverb

1. not in accordance with the season
   • it was unseasonably cold