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gelidly

gelidly adverb: in a gelid manner; coldly, icily.

Adverb

gelidly (not comparable)

  1. In a gelid manner; coldly, icily.
    • Those lights of human intelligence losing human expression, gelidly protruding like the alien eyes of certain uncatalogued creatures of the deep.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 17, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
    • The United States Supreme Court, however, was not the colonial judiciary. It gelidly declined to co-operate with Washington.1960, Louis W. Koenig, The Invisible Presidency, Rinehart, page 15

Origin of gelidly

From gelid + -ly.

Questions about gelidly

What does gelidly mean?
Gelidly means in a gelid manner; coldly, icily.
What part of speech is gelidly?
Gelidly is an adverb.

Words near gelidly in the dictionary

  1. Gelhardt
  2. Gelibolu
  3. gelid
  4. gelidiaceous
  5. gelidity
  6. gelidly
  7. gelidness
  8. gelification
  9. gelifications
  10. gelified
  11. gelifies

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