Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Raining in showers; abounding with frequent falls of rain.
- Like a shower; frequent or abounding, like the drops in a shower.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a shower or showers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Given to
showers ; havingfrequent rainfall . - adjective Of or relating to a shower or showers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of weather) wet by periods of rain
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Usually we like the weather to be kind of showery," said Dwight Bershaw, a landscape architect for Clearwater Summit Group Inc.
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* Warm, a bit showery: Full Forecast | The Mall in fall *
Arctic sea ice loss linked to severe U.S. winters Andrew Freedman 2010
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Inserting Lancashire on a showery day which began 10 minutes late and had 38 overs shorn from it, Warwickshire's pace bowlers gave the ball every opportunity to swing and remained on the attack even when Lancashire hurtled to 63 for one in a dozen overs before lunch.
Lancashire v Warwickshire | County Championship match report 2011
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However, the UK's unusual bank holiday luck this year seems certain to run out over the weekend, with cool and showery weather forecast until well into next week.
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Some guidance suggests we'll be mild and showery with highs in the 50s.
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For instance I find it likes very much to kind of kick off right away beyond the showery curtain with sopping up your skin's steam, naked as a newly inflated rainbow, but who wouldn't want to burst forth whistling for tea from such a top advantage?
All About That Place Darryl Price 2011
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Areas along the West Coast will continue to see showery weather for the next couple of days as another batch of rain and snow pushes into the area by the evening.
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The summer of 1821 was particularly good for cumulus clouds in what was a thoroughly showery season.
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These last few days have been warm and showery, perfect growing weather.
Archive 2009-07-01 Jean 2009
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These last few days have been warm and showery, perfect growing weather.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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