coldly
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English coldliche, caldeliche, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse kaldliga (“coldly”); equivalent to cold + -ly. Displaced Middle English colde (“coldly”), from Old English cealde (“coldly”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊldli/
- (General American) enPR: kōldʹlē, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊldli/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: cold‧ly
Adverb edit
coldly (comparative more coldly, superlative most coldly)
- in a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82:
- 'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.