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freezingly

freezingly adverb: in a way that is freezing; with intense cold.

Adverb

freezingly (comparative more freezingly, superlative most freezingly)

  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

Forms of freezingly

comparativemore freezingly
superlativemost freezingly

Origin of freezingly

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

Questions about freezingly

What does freezingly mean?
Freezingly means in a way that is freezing; with intense cold.
What part of speech is freezingly?
Freezingly is an adverb.

Words near freezingly in the dictionary

  1. freezing worker
  2. freezing workers
  3. freezing works
  4. freezing-point depression
  5. freezing-point depressions
  6. freezingly
  7. freezingness
  8. freezings
  9. Freezone
  10. freezoner
  11. freezoners

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