stone-cold

British  

adjective

1. completely cold

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adverb

1. (intensifier)

   stone-cold sober

stone cold Idioms  

1. Unfeeling, insensible, as in That sad story left her stone cold. This analogy was already used by Shakespeare in Henry V (2:3): “Cold as any stone.”

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Example Sentences

“The math is a stone-cold fact,” Anderson says.

From Los Angeles Times

Through that rigorous run, Tinsley evolved from a fresh-faced leader into a stone-cold ace, while Terry transformed from an untested freshman to a rising star.

From Los Angeles Times

Plus, coming into “Dune: Prophecy” as a stone-cold uninitiate is a challenge for which the script compensates using a combination of summary via narration and a brief, expository title card.

From Salon

One way to view the meteoric growth of women’s college basketball is through the career arc of its current protagonist: Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa’s stone-cold mad bomber.

From New York Times

It’s just as much a silhouette, but he looks more like a dopey tourist than a stone-cold killer.

From Seattle Times