snowy

comparative snowier · superlative snowiest

1. Marked by snow; characterized by snow.

   snowy day

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   snowy picture on the television

2. Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.

   snowy hillside

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   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.

   1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752

3. Snow-white in color; white as snow.

   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.

   1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4

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   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.

   1888, The Lady's Book - Volumes 6-7, page 243

   Synonyms: niveous

plural snowies

1. informalSynonym of snowy owl.

   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.

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

   1981, Kansas Wildlife, volumes 38-39, page 31

   Adult male snowies are nearly white. They become whiter as they get older. Female birds are usually white with narrow black or brown bars and spots. Young snowies are darker than the adults, and they have heavier markings.

   2010, Elaine Landau, Snowy Owls: Hunters of the Snow and Ice

   Synonyms: snowy owl

2. informalSynonym of snowy egret.

   Synonyms: snowy egret

1. A common name for a white dog

   Brian had a dog, Snowy, a cute bichon frise. Brian fed him with organic food. And he strained his morning mango juice.

   2020, Millie Estevez, The Chelsea Widow