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coldly

UK/ˈkəʊldli/ US/ˈkoʊldli/ rare

adverb

1.

in a cold unemotional manner

  • “he killed her in cold blood”
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Origin

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”).

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