snowy

adjective

1. 1

   Marked by snow; characterized by snow.

   snowy day

   snowy picture on the television

2. 2

   Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.

   snowy hillside

   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.

3. 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.

   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.

noun

1. 1

   informalSynonym of snowy owl.

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

   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.

   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.

2. 2

   informalSynonym of snowy egret.

Forms

plural

snowies

comparative

snowier

superlative

snowiest