gelidly

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adverb

In a gelid manner; coldly, icily.

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Meanings

adverbgelidly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a gelid manner; coldly, icily.

    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
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    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.

Origin

From gelid + -ly.

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APA

gelidly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelidly

MLA

“gelidly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelidly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gelidly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelidly.

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