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Coldly

//ˈkəʊldli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

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

Adverb
  1. 1
    lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner wordnet

Etymology

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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