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coldly

Syllables: cold·lyUK/ˈkəʊldli//ˈkoʊldli/

coldly adverb: in a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

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Adverb

coldly (comparative more coldly, superlative most coldly)

  1. In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
    • 'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82
    • Fritz Lang in Hollywood has remade the French "La Bête Humaine" story, setting the drama, a little coldly, among the great hooting diesels of the Middle West routes, […].1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90

coldly meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

coldly in Urdu

سرد مہری سے

coldly in Telugu

coldly, coolly
చల్లగా callagā

coldly in Malayalam

തണുപ്പൻമട്ടിൽ, ശൈത്യേന, നിരുത്സാഹമായി

coldly in Kannada

ಉದಾಸೀನತೆಯಿಂದ, ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯದಿಂದ, ಅನಾದರದಿಂದ

Examples of coldly in a sentence

  • The heart mispleases me that is held coldly, Severely closed amid the years of feeling.
  • “He's been holding out on me.” “You misunderstood me,” the clerk said coldly.
  • “I got that dimple from sleeping with my face on a collar button,” coldly explained the dentistress.

All 14 example sentences with coldly

Forms of coldly

comparativemore coldly
superlativemost coldly

Origin of 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”).

Questions about coldly

What does coldly mean?
Coldly means in a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
What is coldly in Urdu?
Coldly in Urdu is سرد مہری سے. See Coldly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is coldly?
Coldly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce coldly?
Coldly is pronounced /ˈkəʊldli/ (UK).

Words near coldly in the dictionary

  1. coldish
  2. coldishness
  3. Colditz
  4. coldlier
  5. coldlike
  6. coldly
  7. Coldmeece
  8. coldness
  9. coldnesses
  10. Coldon
  11. Coldons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coldly (page history and authors); coldly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చల్లగా (Telugu) (page history and authors); coldly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coldly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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