ˈsnōē, -ōi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snāwig, from snāw snow + -ig -y
1.
a. : composed of snow or melted snow
b. : marked by, abounding in, or covered with snow
the snowiest night of the year — Beverly Fields
snowy pastures — H.D.Thoreau
2. : whitened by or as if by snow
the ground was still snowy with fallen petals — Ellen Glasgow
: snow-white
its beaches were of snowy coral sand — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall