iciness
Britishnoun
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the condition of being icy or very cold
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a manner that is cold or reserved; aloofness
Example Sentences
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She hoped for comfort and support from her family, but instead, she and her young daughter were met with iciness.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Long, black spidery lashes and black eyeliner frame her pale blue eyes, intensifying their iciness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
There’s often an unnerving poise to the music of St. Vincent — an almost eerie iciness that Annie Clark delights in shattering with sudden blurts of guitar.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
On a hot afternoon after biking up the hill from the lake, that iciness is appreciated.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
He was not a man to speak this way to a brother officer, a fellow Virginian; he shocked Stuart to silence with the iciness of his voice.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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