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coldly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cold·ly /ˈkəʊldli $ ˈkoʊld-/ adverb  if you do something coldly, you do it without any emotion or warm feeling, making you seem unfriendly 冷漠地,不热情地 cold, coldnesssay/speak/reply etc coldly ‘Well, what can I do for you?’ he asked coldly. 那么,我能为你做些什么?他冷冷地问道。 Janine looked at her coldly. 雅尼娜冷冷地看着她。
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coldly"No autographs, " he said coldly.But she merely looked at me, coldly, and fast-forwarded.He regarded Nicholson coldly as the Governor passed by.I can't allow talk like that, so I stared coldly at him.Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious, she realised with a jolt.And then just deny it coldly if it ever came to court.Fierce Eyes watched her coldly, then nodded, then stared beyond her, at the denser wood.The blade hissed coldly through the air beside his head and entered the rock of the cavern roof without slowing.And when I was 5, I coldly told my brother to never, ever call me Susie.
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coldly
coldly /ˈkəʊldli $ ˈkoʊld-/ adverb
if you do something coldly, you do it without any emotion or warm feeling, making you seem unfriendly ⇨ cold, coldness
    say/speak/reply etc coldly
    ‘Well, what can I do for you?’ he asked coldly.
    Janine looked at her coldly.


🔑 cold·lyBrE /ˈkəʊldli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkoʊldli/ 🔊 adverbwithout any emotion or warm feelings; in an unfriendly way 冷淡地;冷漠地;不友好地


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