snowy

adjective

ˈsnō-ē 

snowier; snowiest

1

a

: composed of snow or melted snow

b

: marked by or covered with snow

2

a

: whitened by snow

b

: snow-white

snowily

ˈsnō-ə-lē 

adverb

snowiness

ˈsnō-ē-nəs 

noun

Examples of snowy in a Sentence

This is the snowiest winter in years.

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, the Rockies got snow As the eastern part of the country was sweating through record high temperatures, a snowy system sent temperatures plunging in the northern Rockies. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2024

The trailers, which dropped earlier this month, also tease a return to Winterfell, the snowy home of the Starks that is ruled over by Cregan Stark in the prequel. —Anna Tingley, Variety, 17 June 2024

Barrett and his production team gave shape to a stretch of snowy ground and then burned the edges up so that the LEDs could sit behind the set and there would be a smooth transition. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 June 2024

And avid skiers time trips to Niseko in the snowy season. —Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

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

Phrases Containing snowy

• snowy egret
• snowy owl
• snowy plover

Kids Definition

snowy

adjective

ˈsnō-ē 

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

b

: snow-white

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