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snowy

 [snoh-ee]  

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)
 
—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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