[ US /ˈaɪsi/ ]
[ UK /ˈa‍ɪsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice
    roads and trees glazed with an icy film
  2. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
    a glacial handshake
    a frigid greeting
    wintry smile
    got a frosty reception
    a frozen look on their faces
    icy stare
  3. covered with or containing or consisting of ice
    icy northern waters
  4. extremely cold
    polar weather
    a frigid day
    glacial winds
    icy hands
    an arctic climate
    gelid waters of the North Atlantic
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How To Use icy In A Sentence

  • He called the foiled butt "Really juicy and nearly perfect. Physicist Cracks BBQ Mystery
  • Frankly I don't understand why most companies don't follow the same policy as franked income in the hands of shareholders is worth a lot more to them than huge piles of franking credits mouldering away in the company's balance sheet.
  • The embassy had been shut down due to Mongolia's support for South Korea's "sunshine policy" of conciliation toward the North.
  • Just because the American people are disgusted with higher taxes, bigger government, left wing liberal give away policies and pacifist foreign policy attitudes, this idiot thinks the Tea Party activist is in someway trying to bring the country down. Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude
  • The side dish the day I visited was a simple mixed olive salad, a mélange of black and green olives with spicy oil.
  • They dismiss concerns that some of the Africans who flocked to Libya under Mr. Gadhafi's policy of pan-Africanism might be subject to retribution.
  • It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. 
  • Or is the idea of foreign policy beyondmilitary commitmentsso far off the radar that when the polls open, everything will hinge on the pitch-and-toss of national concerns? And Now, The Choice « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows
  • Smith enforced a highly unpopular no-guns policy in the cowtown, and for the most part, made the law stick by beating the hell out of people with his bare hands. The Four Toughest Men of the Old West
  • Accompanying the exclusion from the labour market has been a policy of disenfranchising the underclass from full welfare citizenship.
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