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Icily

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ic·y  (s)
adj. ic·i·er, ic·i·est
1. Containing or covered with ice: an icy road.
2. Bitterly cold; freezing: an icy day. See Synonyms at cold.
3.
a. Resembling ice: icy fingers.
b. Chilling in manner: an icy stare; icy detachment.
ici·ly adv.
ici·ness n.
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Adv.1.icily - in a cold and icy manner; "`Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out of mothers, children and sick people than to take on this vast industry,' Mr Brown commented icily"
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For God's sake --I beg, I conjure --here exclaimed the stranger Captain to Ahab, who thus far had but icily received his petition.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Poyser in a hard voice, rolling and unrolling her knitting and looking icily out of the window, as she continued to stand opposite the squire.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
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