Ice-calm
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Extreme calm, utter calmness idiomatic, uncountable
"There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was."
Adjective
- 1 Extremely calm idiomatic, not-comparable
Example
More examples"There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was."
Etymology
From ice + calm.
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