What's the difference between showeriness and showery?
Showeriness
Definition:
(n.) Quality of being showery.
Example Sentences:
(1) The warm weather will not reach all parts of the country, however – with pockets of north-west England still expecting showery downpours this weekend.
(2) Sense and Sensibility is kicked into life by a misjudgment about the weather: Marianne goes walking on the Devon hills with her younger sister Margaret, convincing herself that "the partial sunshine of a showery sky" bodes well.
(3) Sadly, Scotland will not really see it at all and it will be a bit showery in the north-west from time to time but they will see some of the sunnier weather.
(4) The cafe at the new Stonehenge visitor centre was packed; it was showery outside but inside the atmosphere was thick with the distinctive aroma of wet Gore-Tex – a smell I always associate with the British heritage industry.
(5) Another band of heavy rain is expected to sweep across Wales, the Midlands, the south-east and East Anglia on Tuesday, but the rain will be more showery in the south-west.
(6) As we reached the stones another showery curtain came swishing over the Wiltshire sward.
Showery
Definition:
(a.) Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a shower or showers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The warm weather will not reach all parts of the country, however – with pockets of north-west England still expecting showery downpours this weekend.
(2) Sense and Sensibility is kicked into life by a misjudgment about the weather: Marianne goes walking on the Devon hills with her younger sister Margaret, convincing herself that "the partial sunshine of a showery sky" bodes well.
(3) Sadly, Scotland will not really see it at all and it will be a bit showery in the north-west from time to time but they will see some of the sunnier weather.
(4) The cafe at the new Stonehenge visitor centre was packed; it was showery outside but inside the atmosphere was thick with the distinctive aroma of wet Gore-Tex – a smell I always associate with the British heritage industry.
(5) Another band of heavy rain is expected to sweep across Wales, the Midlands, the south-east and East Anglia on Tuesday, but the rain will be more showery in the south-west.
(6) As we reached the stones another showery curtain came swishing over the Wiltshire sward.