Meaning

1 senses

  1. In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

    lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Aaron was coldly killed by Mary.

    ruАарон был хладнокровно убит Мэри.

    deAaron wurde kaltherzig von Mary umgebracht.

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  2. She was peering at me coldly.

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  3. Damiano stared at the woman coldly.

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  4. The secretary responded back to me coldly.

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  5. Tom begged Mary for a second chance, but she rebuffed him coldly.

    deTom flehte Maria um eine zweite Chance an; diese ließ ihn jedoch eiskalt abblitzen.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English coldliche, caldeliche, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse kaldliga (“cold

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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Forms

more coldly, most coldly
Comparativemore coldly Lesson
Superlativemost coldly

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcold

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
colandercoldA1coldnesscoleslawcolic
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