snowy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Covered with snow, or with a lot of snow falling.

   We drove carefully along the snowy mountain roads.

2. 2
   adj

   Pure white, like snow.

   The old man had a snowy white beard.

From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y.

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