crisp
adjective (COLD) /krɪsp/ mainly approvingDefinition
C2 describes weather that is cold, dry, and bright: a wonderful crisp spring morningCool › describes air that is cold, dry, and fresh: I breathed in deeply the crisp mountain air.Cool crisply /-li/ adverb Not saying muchBlunt and direct in speech and behaviourNot being friendlyDigressing and being indirect or evasive crispness /-nəs/ noun [U] Not saying muchBlunt and direct in speech and behaviourNot being friendlyDigressing and being indirect or evasive
(Definition of crisp adjective (COLD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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