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View synonyms for showery

showery

[ shou-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or abounding with showers: shower:

    the showery season in the tropics.

  2. falling in showers: shower:

    showery petals.

  3. causing or bringing showers: shower:

    showery clouds.

  4. of, relating to, or resembling showers: shower:

    showery spray from the ocean.



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Other Words From

  • shower·i·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of showery1

First recorded in 1585–95; shower 1 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

We’ll have to watch radar to see if the evening time can be lighter rain and more showery, before one last batch of steadier rain tries to move in later at night.

As it does so, the new low pressure forming on the coast may keep things showery until at least the early morning.

After breakfast, as the day continued cold and showery, we were easily prevailed on by our host to remain all day at Affonsos.

Stormy, showery days in summer and sometimes in spring, are days on which you will generally take the best fish with the fly.

When the sky in rainy weather is tinged with sea green, the rain will increase; if with blue, it will be showery.

Take care, however, that they are removed in damp or showery weather.

After a showery morning it clears up somewhat, and the sun shines.

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