glassily
- adverb
- /ˈɡlæsɪli/
:
fríamente
- He answered the questions glassily, revealing his disinterest in the discussion.
- stared glassily
Examples
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Barton, still in his underwear, sits leaning against the wall, staring glassily at his feet.
Fiction book (1991) -
His eyes stare glassily at Tom. # PULLING TOM #
Fiction book (1990) -
Maybe they loom and glower glassily over the bed while he and Becky sleep through the nights.
Blog text (3) -
Her eyes were glassily fixed on the empty road, showing no emotions.
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As she listened to the speech, she could only stare glassily at the podium.
Synonyms
1
5.7
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
1
8.0
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
1
6.8
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
1
6.5
To behave in a cold, unfriendly way
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
In a still, cold way that shows no feeling
Someone speaks or acts in a hard, cold way that shows no sympathy
In a very unfriendly way that shows no warmth
In a cold, clinical way that shows no feeling
Antonyms
How Emotionless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Glassily comes from the word glass (the clear, hard material) plus -ly to make it a word that shows how something is done. Think of a face like a cold window that shows no feeling. That's why glassily means 'in a cold, expressionless way'.