snowy

[ snoh-ee ]

adjective

, snow·i·er, snow·i·est.

1. abounding in or covered with snow:

   snowy fields.

2. characterized by snow, as the weather:

   a snowy day.

3. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling snow.
4. of the color of snow; snow-white:

   snowy skin.

5. immaculate; unsullied.

snowy

/ ˈsnəʊɪ /

adjective

1. covered with or abounding in snow

   snowy hills

2. characterized by snow

   snowy weather

3. resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈsnowily, adverb
• ˈsnowiness, noun

Other Words From

• snowi·ly adverb
• snowi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowy¹

before 1000; Middle English snawy, Old English snāwig. See snow, -y ¹

Example Sentences

You’ll travel across the snowy tundra toward the north face of 20,310-foot Denali.

From Outside Online

Carolyn and Duane traveled from Baltimore to the snowy Big Ten towns.

From 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.

From 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.

From Popular-Science

The first video released by police shows an officer running after the girl along a snowy street.

From Washington Post

I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of FIFA .

From The Daily Beast

I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of FIFA.

From The Daily Beast

The village sits on flat land near the frozen Koyukuk River, and looks out on snowy hills.

From The Daily Beast

You question every decision—personal, professional, spiritual—that has led you to this snowy wasteland.

From The Daily Beast

Pros: Getting to picture yourself gliding efficiently through town, perhaps en route to a snowy assignation.

From The Daily Beast

There were pillars of the snowy lime a hundred feet in height, glittering in dazzling beauty.

From Project Gutenberg

The table cover and napkins must be of snowy damask, the glass clear as crystal, and taste must preside over each detail.

From Project Gutenberg

And it flashed back in crimson splendor from the gleaming hull that floated from the hangar and came to rest upon the snowy world.

From Project Gutenberg

Corydon was beautiful—ah God, how beautiful she looked, lying there in the snowy bed, with the snowy lace about her neck and arms!

From Project Gutenberg

Mists trailed low along the sides of the Dasar-dee-ash Mountains across the lake, and hid their snowy summits from view.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cold
• icy
• stormy