coldly

«coldly» in Mova's school dictionary: In an unfriendly way, without warmth or kindness — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (coldly)

meaning for a pupil

In an unfriendly way, without warmth or kindness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character who is unkind, angry or distant ("she looked at him coldly"). It tells the reader about feelings, not temperature. Phrases: "replied coldly", "stared coldly", "coldly polite".

examples

• "I don't need your help," she said coldly. tree →
• The guard stared coldly at the visitors. tree →
• He coldly ignored my wave. tree →
• The queen smiled coldly. tree →
• The shopkeeper answered coldly and turned away. tree →
• “Father, I am waiting,” said Michael coldly. tree →

note

Adverb from "cold". It almost always describes behaviour, not the weather; to talk about weather say "it was very cold".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «coldly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.