showerinessn.
/ˈʃaʊ(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈʃaʊ(ə)rinᵻs/ The fact or condition of being showery.
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showeriness1731
1731 Dyche's Spelling Dict. (ed. 3) Showeriness.
1833 Morning Post 24 July Notwithstanding the showeriness of the day, between three and four hundred persons honoured the fête with their presence.
1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 Oct. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 375 After a slight showeriness..the day grew rather pleasant.
1907 Evening News 12 June 5/1 The almost unexampled dampness of the past month, and the showeriness which even now is characterising the summer of 1907.
2006 D. Pedgley Mountain Weather (ed. 3) iii. xxviii. 105 Expect greater showeriness in highland areas, the more so on their windward sides.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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