icier; iciest
1
a
: covered with, abounding in, or consisting of ice
b
: intensely cold
Examples of icy in a Sentence
an icy drink that was especially refreshing on that hot afternoon
she wondered why the salesclerk at the boutique had given her an icy glare
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Jack Bantock, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
Eager for a sneak peek, engineers used the spacecraft's smaller, slower antenna to trickle home just one-quarter of a single frame from JUICE's Navigation Camera (NavCam), a low-resolution imager designed not for science but for navigating JUICE around Jupiter's icy moons after its 2031 arrival.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Level 2 snow emergency Roadways are hazardous due to accumulated, blowing and drifting snow and roads may be very icy.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025
The shin-length parkas come out of summer hiding, and the insulated boots saddle up for another season of icy slush.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for icy
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“Icy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icy. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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icy
adjective
icier; iciest
1
a
: covered with, full of, or consisting of ice
b
: very cold
icy weather
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