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snow⋅y

[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.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME snawy, OE snāwig. See snow, -y 1


snow⋅i⋅ly, adverb
snow⋅i⋅ness, noun
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snow·y   (snō'ē)   
adj.   snow·i·er, snow·i·est
    1. Abounding in or covered with snow: a snowy day.

    2. Subject to snow: a snowy climate.

  1. Resembling or suggesting snow, especially in whiteness: snowy linens.

snow'i·ly adv., snow'i·ness n.
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