icily

From icy +‎ -ly.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/

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icily (comparative more icily, superlative most icily)

1. In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
   • 1971, Alan Sillitoe, Travels in Nihilon, page 76:

     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 […]

2. (figuratively) In an uncaring manner.
   • 1943, M. F. K. Fisher, "To Feed Such Hunger", The Gastronomical Me

     […] quite often her husband and Jo did not eat at home, or sat icily silent through a meal.

• (in the manner of ice): coldly
• (in an uncaring manner): aloofly, coldly

• ice
• iciness
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• icily in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• icily in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.