icily

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icily

/ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/ UK, US

adverb more icily · most icily

In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect. The cold Alpine air flowed icily into his car, so he stopped by the roadside to put on a leather trench-coat, thick scarf, and woollen hat[…]
Similar: coldly
figuratively In an uncaring or coolly angry manner. […]quite often her husband and Jo did not eat at home, or sat icily silent through a meal.
Similar: aloofly, coldly

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adv in an uncaring manner

Русский	хо́лодно xólodno, безучастно bezučastno, недружелюбно nedruželjubno

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@misc{icily_2026,
  title = {icily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/icily},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}