frozenly

7.0

In a still, cold way that shows no feeling

adverb
/ˈfroʊzənli/

: congeladamente

The guests looked frozenly at the magician as he performed his final trick.

Examples

After hearing the shocking news, she stood frozenly, unable to react.
He stared frozenly at the screen, unable to believe what he had just seen.
I have stopped laughing and am simply frozenly mirthful.

Fiction book (1991)
Black-and-white grasses swayed frozenly in the whiteness that was the sun of 1868; the stake read "Mountain Road."

Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

numbly

vsfrozenly

3 5.8

In a way that shows no feeling in the body or mind

focuses more on external coldness or stillness rather than internal numbness

bloodedly

vsfrozenly

1 9.9

In a cold way that shows no care for other people's feelings

can also mean being physically motionless or simply very cold without emotion

stonily

vsfrozenly

1 8.0

In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling

is similar but can also mean being physically motionless and cold

insensibly

vsfrozenly

1 7.4

In a way that shows no feeling or awareness

tends to describe outer coldness and motionless appearance rather than lost awareness

frigidly

vsfrozenly

1 6.8

In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling

adds the sense of being physically cold or motionless as well

frostily

vsfrozenly

1 6.5

To behave in a cold, unfriendly way

is broader, covering emotional coldness and also physical stillness

glassily

vsfrozenly

7.7

In a cold way that shows no feeling

also includes being physically still or motionless as well as cold

freezingly

vsfrozenly

7.3

In a very unfriendly way that shows no warmth

includes that unfriendly tone but also implies being motionless at times

flintily

vsfrozenly

9.9

Someone speaks or acts in a hard, cold way that shows no sympathy

is less about hardness and more about coldness or stillness

inexpressively

vsfrozenly

7.4

In a way that shows no feeling on the face

adds that being motionless or physically cold may also be meant

Antonyms

emotionally

369 2.7

In a way that shows strong feelings

warmly

39 1.0

In a kind, friendly, and enthusiastic way

How Emotionless

impassively

4 6.8

frozenly

7.0

stolidly

1 8.4

coldly

30 4.0

coolly

19 4.3

Surface Forms

frozenly positive

Morphology

frozenly = frozen (transparent) = freeze + en + ly

The adverb is formed in a regular and easily interpretable way by adding -ly to the adjective frozen.

Etymology

Frozenly comes from frozen, related to freeze, which means 'turned into ice'. So to act frozenly is like being 'made of ice', meaning cold, still, or showing no feeling.