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

Related forms
snow·i·ly, adverb
snow·i·ness, noun
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snowy (ˈsnəʊɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj , snowier, snowiest
1.  covered with or abounding in snow: snowy hills
2.  characterized by snow: snowy weather
3.  resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc
 
'snowily
 
—adv
 
'snowiness
 
—n

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Example sentences
Half the sky erased in a snowy mist, rooftops laden w/ snow.
He is reported to have been driving under snowy conditions when he lost control
  of his car, which was struck by another vehicle.
Snowy plover chicks leave the nest within hours after hatching to search for
  food.
Explore the comet's surprising snowy landscape in the slides that follow.
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