snowy
Americanadjective
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covered with or abounding in snow
snowy hills
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characterized by snow
snowy weather
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resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc
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Etymology
Origin of snowy
before 1000; Middle English snawy, Old English snāwig. See snow, -y 1
Explanation
Snowy things are covered with snow or resemble snow—like snowy rooftops in the winter or your grandpa's snowy beard that makes him look like Santa Claus. You can use snowy to describe the hills and fields in Vermont during your January visit, and also when you talk about the weather: "Next week looks snowy, but it's going to warm up after that." Things that are the brilliant white color of fresh snow are also snowy, like a swan's snowy feathers or your neighbor's snowy wall-to-wall carpet that you're not allowed to walk on.
Example Sentences
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Visitors were greeted by security forces in flak jackets, some in military camouflage and others toting submachine guns, scattered amid a landscape of green pastures, wooden chalets and snowy peaks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
But on snowy Friday evening in late 2024, heavy traffic pushed him underground to visit his mother.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Already though, there’s been positive signs for the island foxes and the western snowy plover, a threatened shorebird that has a year-round population on Santa Rosa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Waymo is rolling out a new driverless taxi to help the company expand into more cities and tackle tougher driving conditions, including snowy roads, the company announced Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The two of us darted out of the cave and slid down the snowy bank into the creek.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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