showery

[ shou-uh-ree ]

adjective

Origin of showery

First recorded in 1585–95; shower¹ + -y¹

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.
D.C.-area forecast: Clouds increase today, with rain odds up starting tonight | A. Camden Walker | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post
As it does so, the new low pressure forming on the coast may keep things showery until at least the early morning.
PM Update: Some more rain likely tonight into early Friday, then clearing | Ian Livingston | October 29, 2020 | Washington Post
After breakfast, as the day continued cold and showery, we were easily prevailed on by our host to remain all day at Affonsos.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
Stormy, showery days in summer and sometimes in spring, are days on which you will generally take the best fish with the fly.
The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland
When the sky in rainy weather is tinged with sea green, the rain will increase; if with blue, it will be showery.
The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland

Take care, however, that they are removed in damp or showery weather.
The Book of Sports: | William Martin
After a showery morning it clears up somewhat, and the sun shines.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) | Florence A. Thomas Marshall

Browse