snowy

[ snoh-ee ]

/ ˈsnoʊ i /

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adjective, snow·i·er, snow·i·est.

abounding in or covered with snow: snowy fields.

characterized by snow, as the weather: a snowy day.

pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling snow.

of the color of snow; snow-white: snowy skin.

immaculate; unsullied.

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Origin of snowy

before 1000; Middle English snawy,Old English snāwig.See snow, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM snowy

snow·i·ly, adverbsnow·i·ness, noun

Words nearby snowy

snowtubing, snow tyre, snow under, snow-white, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, snowy, snowy egret, Snowy Mountain, Snowy Mountains, snowy owl, snowy plover

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How to use snowy in a sentence

You’ll travel across the snowy tundra toward the north face of 20,310-foot Denali.
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Carolyn and Duane traveled from Baltimore to the snowy Big Ten towns.
Darryl Morsell’s parents attended his first 97 Maryland games. The pandemic ended the streak.|Emily Giambalvo|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
On Monday, even if the full snowy impact of Sunday could not be repeated, signs of winter — and its icy slipperiness — seemed obviously in evidence.
Day after Sunday storm, signs of snow remain here|Martin Weil|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
If you drive along a forested road after a long snowy winter, you may notice that trees next to the road look a little more brown than the others.
Fish blood could hold the answer to safer de-icing solutions during snowstorms|By Monika Bleszynski/The Conversation|February 1, 2021|Popular-Science

The first video released by police shows an officer running after the girl along a snowy street.
Rochester police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, body-cam footage shows|Jaclyn Peiser|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of FIFA .
Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer|P. J. O’Rourke|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of FIFA.
DUP-Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer|P. J. O’Rourke|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The village sits on flat land near the frozen Koyukuk River, and looks out on snowy hills.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You question every decision—personal, professional, spiritual—that has led you to this snowy wasteland.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pros: Getting to picture yourself gliding efficiently through town, perhaps en route to a snowy assignation.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There were pillars of the snowy lime a hundred feet in height, glittering in dazzling beauty.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
The table cover and napkins must be of snowy damask, the glass clear as crystal, and taste must preside over each detail.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
And it flashed back in crimson splendor from the gleaming hull that floated from the hangar and came to rest upon the snowy world.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
Corydon was beautiful—ah God, how beautiful she looked, lying there in the snowy bed, with the snowy lace about her neck and arms!
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Mists trailed low along the sides of the Dasar-dee-ash Mountains across the lake, and hid their snowy summits from view.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for snowy

snowy

/ (ˈsnəʊɪ) /

adjective snowier or snowiest

covered with or abounding in snowsnowy hills

characterized by snowsnowy weather

resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc

Derived forms of snowy

snowily, adverbsnowiness, noun

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