Snowy

/ˈsnəʊi/ · adjective

Meaning

Marked by snow; characterized by snow..

Definitions by Sense

1. Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
2. Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.
3. Snow-white in color, white as snow.
4. (informal) Synonym of snowy owl.
5. (informal) Synonym of snowy egret.

Example Sentences

snowy day

snowy picture on the television

snowy hillside

So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.

A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.

Disgusted with the world and worldlings, I drove down to an estate of my father's, in Suffolk, determined to “misanthropise” and be romantic ; but all my plans were disconcerted by the “Large blue eyes, fair locks, and snowy hands” of Miss Emily Hathenden, whose estate bordered on my own.

2008, Jan Dunlap, The Boreal Owl Murder Since then, I've seen a Snowy almost every winter. […] But I still liked to see them, big and white, gliding noiselessly, gracefully, over open fields looking for rodents.

[…] the snowy was successful in forty-two percent of its strikes.

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Antonyms for snowy

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Word Forms

• snowier
• snowiest
• snowies

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