Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a frosty manner; with frost or excessive cold.
- Without warmth of affection; coldly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a frosty manner.
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- adverb In a
frosty manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without warmth or enthusiasm
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the trail wound, a quarter of a mile brought them to the dancer's cabin, by which time her moist breath had coated her face frostily, while his had massed his heavy mustache till conversation was painful.
THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010
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As the trail wound, a quarter of a mile brought them to the dancer's cabin, by which time her moist breath had coated her face frostily, while his had massed his heavy mustache till conversation was painful.
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The tree and the excitement and the pleasure were over with, a score or so of children had gone home frostily happy across the snow, the last guest had departed, and
CHAPTER 17 2010
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The night before President Barack Obama is set to make a dramatic campaign swing into his district, Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) is waxing cautiously -- and a touch frostily -- about his incoming guest.
Dem Tom Perriello Touts His Disagreements With The White House On Eve Of Obama Visit The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He had no sense of humour, and was as frostily cruel as an icicle.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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His mother, impeccably but frostily polite, had ushered me there and handed me a towel and washcloth.
Maud Newton's 'Conversations You Have At Twenty': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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He turned some color not normally seen in faces and said frostily "Should we revisit this on the phone?"
Liz Ryan: They Made Me an Offer but They Don't Like My Start Date? 2010
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His mother, impeccably but frostily polite, had ushered me there and handed me a towel and washcloth.
Maud Newton's 'Conversations You Have At Twenty': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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His mother, impeccably but frostily polite, had ushered me there and handed me a towel and washcloth.
Maud Newton's 'Conversations You Have At Twenty': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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Kate Gosselin is being a "total diva" on the set of "Dancing With the Stars" -- snubbing other contestants and behaving frostily to crew members, sources tell Page Six.
Kate Gosselin 'A Total Diva' On 'Dancing With The Stars' Set 2010
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