FROSTY


Meaning of FROSTY in English

/ ˈfrɒsti; NAmE ˈfrɔːsti/ adjective

1.

( of the weather ) extremely cold; cold with frost :

a frosty morning

He breathed in the frosty air.

2.

covered with frost :

frosty fields

3.

unfriendly, in a way that suggests that sb does not approve of sth :

a frosty look / reply

The latest proposals were given a frosty reception.

►  frost·ily / -ɪli; NAmE / adverb :

'No, thank you,' she said frostily.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.