snowy
/ˈsnəʊi
/adjective (snowier, snowiest)
1Covered with snow: snowy mountains...
- He was in a sea of pine bushes covering the snowy valley of another mountain strip.
- We crept downstairs over warm, underfloor-heated carpets to a blazing fire in the sitting room, a mound of presents underneath the tree and huge windows gazing out on to snowy mountains.
- They drive across the country to his remote log cabin in snowy mountains, bonding along the way despite their implacably opposed positions in the situation.
1.1(Of weather or a period of time) characterized by snowfall: a snowy January day...
- Rainy or snowy weather also affects driver visibility and control of the vehicle.
- During extremely cold, snowy periods raccoons have been observed sleeping for long periods at a time, but do not hibernate.
- However, it must be stated that the majority of Scotland's population do not endure severe, snowy winters.
1.2Of or like snow, especially in being pure white: snowy hair...
- Above them was a castle made of pure, white snowy clouds.
- Her dress was pure snowy white, of course, simple and off-the-shoulder.
- Her snowy white hair rose like a wedding cake on the crown of her tiny head, every curl lacquered in place with multiple applications of hairspray.
Derivatives
snowily
- Imagine discovering this, one of the most snowily romantic of works, in an overwhelming performance and recording.
- Red poinsettias lend hits of Christmas color upstairs and down, flanking the snowily dressed bed in the master bedroom.
- Given that conditions were clear blue overhead, with the whole country basking snowily under sunlight, it was extraordinarily difficult to see where I was going.
snowiness
- You could also seek a dress with lots of sparkly beads and sequins to evoke the snowiness of the season.
- Click on the picture to see the glorious snowiness - it's not showing up well in the thumbnail.
- The writer wants to stress the coldness of the New England winter, rather than its interminable length, its gloominess, its snowiness and many other qualities that it always possesses.