- 1(of the weather) extremely cold; cold with frost a frosty morning He breathed in the frosty air. It's frosty outside.
- 2covered with frost frosty fields
- 3unfriendly, in a way that suggests that someone does not approve of something a frosty look/reply My questions were met with a frosty silence. The latest proposals were given a frosty reception.
NAmE//ˈfrɔstəli//
adverb “No, thank you,” she said frostily.See frosty in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: frosty