showery

Etymology

shower + -y

adj

  1. Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
    The sun came out after what had been a showery morning, allowing the celebration to take place in the garden. 2007, William Trevor, “The Children”, in Cheating at Canasta, New York: Viking, pages 157–8
  2. Of or relating to a shower or showers.
    She knew exactly how each of these trees would talk if only she could wake them, and what sort of human form it would put on. She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face, and fond of dancing. 1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 9, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998

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