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snowy

[ snoh-ee ]

adjective

snowier, snowiest.
  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

/ ˈəʊɪ /

adjective

  1. covered with or abounding in snow

    snowy hills

  2. characterized by snow

    snowy weather

  3. resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴǷɾ, adverb
  • ˈԴǷɾԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴǷi· adverb
  • ԴǷi·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snowy1

before 1000; Middle English snawy, Old English ɾ. See snow, -y 1
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Thousands of feet below the snowy summit of Mt.

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The Colossal animals are snowy white, resembling the snowy or gray animals of the TV series.

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He has a played on a snowy hillside in the Alps, in an Australian desert at sunset, atop the Duomo in Milan and in Charyn Canyon of Kazakhstan.

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Actor Haley Joel Osment’s recent trip to a California ski resort included more than just snowy slopes: a run-in with law officials and his arrest were also in store.

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“It’s great news for the state,” said Reising, speaking to reporters in a snowy meadow near Lake Tahoe.

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