Meanings
adverbfreezingly (comparative more freezingly, superlative most freezingly)
comparative more freezingly · superlative most freezingly
- figurativelyWith intense emotional coldness; dispassionately.
‘Those gents,’ said the waitress freezingly, ‘be commercial travellers.’
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 1681 more example
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
Origin
- Middle Englishfreesyngly
- Englishfreezingly
From Middle English freesyngly, equivalent to freezing + -ly.
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