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snowy

snowy

4 1.0
White like fresh snow
  • adjective
  • /ˈsnoʊi/
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  • He was snowy white.
  • snowy white

So this one has elong, elong with bergamot Marigold, cornflowers and pink petals dance across a snowy white surface.

Examples

  • One snowy white Ken doll for all those good little Christian women.

  • But there were no thin, dark-haired girls out on the snowy street, and why should there be?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Jean-Jacques was tall, smoothly handsome, with thick, snowy white hair.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I'm taking in this nice, cloudless sky first... Along with the grandeur of this snowy white landscape!

  • Each Saturday, my mother slipped a starched and ironed snowy-white doily underneath it.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The bassinet had a skirt of snowy Irish lace dotted with satin ribbons of pink and blue.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The garden looked beautiful with its snowy white flowers glistening in the sunlight.

  • After the storm, the entire town was blanketed in a snowy white layer that sparkled under the moonlight.

  • She admired the snowy white quilt that reminded her of the winter season.

Synonyms

white
vssnowy
1.0

A very light color that reflects most visible light like snow

is a purer, specific shade rather than a general light colour
snow-white
vssnowy
6 1.1

Pure white like fresh snow

is simply pure white without extra brightness or shade
pearly-white
vssnowy
2 4.0

A very light, shiny white color like a pearl

is plain pure white without added sheen or lustre
milk-white
vssnowy
1 3.7

A white color like fresh milk

is more neutral pure white rather than creamy or warm
silvery-white
vssnowy
1 3.8

A pale shiny white color that looks like metal

is plain white without metallic shine or reflective quality
lily-white
vssnowy
4.9

A pure bright white color like fresh paint

is plain pure white without stressing freshness or lack of blemish

Antonyms

1.0

With little or no light and not bright

colored
  • US
88 1.0

Having a color, natural or added

Compounds

1 7.7

A small white bird with long black legs and bright yellow feet often found near water

7.0

A small white bird with a thin black bill, black legs, and yellow feet

8.8

A thin wild flower with white, frilly blooms that grows in eastern North America

A small pale yellow insect that lives on trees and makes a soft high sound

How White

snowy
4 1.0
white
1.0
off-white
1 3.0

Surface Forms

snowy positive

Morphology

snowy = snow (transparent) = snow + y

The adjectival '-y' meaning 'having the quality of' applied to 'snow' yields 'having the white colour or qualities of snow', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word snowy comes from the word snow, which also gives the idea of 'pure white'. So calling hair or a dress snowy means it is 'very white', like fresh snow.