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freezingly en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English freesyngly, equivalent to freezing + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a way that is freezing; with intense cold.
2. (figuratively) With intense emotional coldness; dispassionately.
   • It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly and freezingly). 1902, Country Life, volume 11, page 636:
   • ‘Those gents,’ said the waitress freezingly, ‘be commercial travellers.’ 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 168:

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