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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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Other Word Forms

  • snowily adverb
  • snowiness noun
  • ˈԴǷɾ adverb
  • ˈԴǷɾԱ 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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The Essex Boys killings, as they became known, were carried out on a snowy December morning on isolated farmland near Chelmsford.

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We watch as Anima pours gasoline all over a snowy ramshackle house in the mountains and lights it on fire before driving away.

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Winter finds them in a chalet up a snowy mountain, with a return to the lake house for circular closure.

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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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