frosty• After their quarrel things between Maria and her father were rather frosty.• His voice had become unmistakably frosty.• They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.• The morning of December 31,1862, came on with a cloudlesssky and a ringing, frosty air.• It was a frostyautumn morning with spiders' websglistening in the frozengrass.• January 28,1989 was a cold, frosty day with mist across the Fens.• When we left the forest, palemoonlightreflected dimly on the frosty ground and it was easier to see.• It has been sent back with a frostymessage from one of his constituents, who is unidentified.• I hatefrosty nights and damp dark days with sleety rain - if that is New Year weather you can keep it.• I tapped on the frosty window and said, "Anybody home?"