freezingly
- adverb
- /ˈfrizɪŋli/
:
fríamente
- She spoke freezingly to her former friend, making it clear the relationship was over.
Examples
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His freezingly polite reply left everyone feeling uncomfortable in the room.
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The manager freezingly dismissed the concerns without showing any empathy.
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She spoke freezingly to her colleagues after the argument.
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His freezingly cold stare made everyone uncomfortable.
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She replied to his invitation freezingly, making it clear she wanted nothing to do with him.
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His comments were delivered freezingly, leaving everyone in the room uncomfortable and silent.
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The teacher watched the students freezingly as they misbehaved in class, showing no sign of sympathy.
Synonyms
1
5.7
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
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9.9
In a cold way that shows no care for other people's feelings
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8.0
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
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6.5
To behave in a cold, unfriendly way
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6.8
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
Someone speaks or acts in a hard, cold way that shows no sympathy
In a still, cold way that shows no feeling
In a cold, clinical way that shows no feeling
Compounds
How Unfriendly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Freezingly comes from the verb freeze, which meant 'to become very cold', and English often uses cold images for feelings. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to imagine someone's words making the room feel icy, so freezingly can mean 'in a very cold or unfriendly way'.