snowy

snowy
snowily, adv.snowiness, n.
/snoh"ee/, adj., snowier, snowiest.
1. abounding in or covered with snow: snowy fields.
2. characterized by snow, as the weather: a snowy day.
3. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling snow.
4. of the color of snow; snow-white: snowy skin.
5. immaculate; unsullied.
[bef. 1000; ME snawy, OE snawig. See SNOW, -Y1]

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