Icily
['aɪsɪlɪ] or ['aɪsɪli]
Definition
(adv.) in a cold and icy manner; '`Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out of mothers, children and sick people than to take on this vast industry,' Mr Brown commented icily'.
Checked by Douglas--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an icy manner; coldly.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- There could be but one suitable reply to your assertion, Mr. Clayton, she said icily, and I regret that I am not a man, that I might make it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Favour me with your attention for one moment, she said, in her clear icily-suppressed tones. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Lily remained at home, lunching and dining alone with her aunt, who complained of flutterings of the heart, and talked icily on general topics. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Again she regarded me so icily, I felt at once that her opinion of me--her feeling towards me--was unchanged and unchangeable. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Jo sat as if blandly unconscious of it all, with deportment like Maud's face, 'icily regular, splendidly null'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Ozzie