thundershowery

English

Etymology

From thundershower +‎ -y.

Adjective

thundershowery (comparative more thundershowery, superlative most thundershowery)

1. Characterized by thundershowers.
   • 1985, Paul E. Lydolph, The Climate of the Earth, page 196:

     During the high-sun season the intertropical convergence zone with its thundershowery precipitation affects the areas much as it does in the Ar areas year-round; during the low-sun season the subtropical high pressure cells shift equatorward over the areas much as they occupy the subtropical desert areas on the poleward side of Aw areas year-round.

   • 2011, David Owen, My Usual Game: Adventures in Golf:

     The printed weather forecast at the front desk at Turnberry that morning had said the day would be "thundershowery,” but it didn't seem too terrible at the moment.

   • 2012, Anne Edwards, Leaving Home: A Hollywood Blacklisted Writer's Years Abroad, page 72:

     One similar thundershowery Sunday afternoon, Kit Adler called to invite we three over to her apartment where she was planning a puppet show for the children (she now had four) and some of their small friends, tea to follow.