snowier; snowiest
1
a
: composed of snow or melted snow
b
: marked by or covered with snow
2
a
: whitened by snow
snowily adverb
snowiness noun

Examples of snowy in a Sentence

This is the snowiest winter in years.
Recent Examples on the Web In Olympic Valley, Janine Shaw, a remote technology worker for eBay in San Jose, woke up with her husband and three kids Saturday morning to snowy roads in their neighborhood. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024 The Le Grand Hall lobby welcomes guests with its breathtaking view of snowy St Moritz through enormous windows. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Navalny was buried at a cemetery in the snowy southeastern outskirts of the capital after a short Russian Orthodox ceremony, with vast crowds waiting outside the church and then streaming to the fresh grave of President Vladimir Putin‘s fiercest critic with flowers and antigovernment chants. Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024 The pair also shared glimpses of their snowy trip on their Instagram Stories, The wintery getaway came after the group was previously spotted boarding a private jet in Los Cabos, Mexico. Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024 Since a snowy week in mid-January, winter has lost its bite and spring is rapidly awakening in the Washington region. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 Talk to me about the production of the film especially in the snowy climate that it was shot in. Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024 The path of this eclipse spans climates ranging from dry subtropical deserts to snowy spring forests. Jay Anderson, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024 The camera moves through the bustling city street, following several people enjoying the beautiful snowy weather and shopping at nearby stalls. Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowy was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Snowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowy. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

snowy

adjective
snowier; snowiest
1
: marked by or covered with snow
a snowy day
snowy mountaintops
2
a
: whitened by or as if by snow
an orchard snowy with apple blossoms

Geographical Definition

Snowy

geographical name

river 278 miles (447 kilometers) long in southeastern Australia flowing from the Snowy Mountains in southeastern New South Wales to the Pacific in southeastern Victoria

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