coldly

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊldli/
• (General American) enPR: kōldʹlē, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊldli/

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• Hyphenation: cold‧ly

coldly (comparative more coldly, superlative most coldly)

1. 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.