coldly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

   'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.

2. 2
   adv

   in a cold unemotional manner

Common collocations

• coldly intellectual Adverb + adjective

From Middle English coldliche, caldeliche, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse kaldliga (“coldly”); equivalent to cold + -ly. Displaced Middle English colde (“coldly”), from Old English cealde (“coldly”).

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