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Word entry · 5 letters

icily

Best crossword clue

"With cold hostility"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/Part of speech adverbSorted ciilyStarts with IEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. in a cold and icy manner

Word origin

From icy + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • The cold Alpine air flowed icily into his car, so he stopped by the roadside to put on a leather trench-coat, thick scarf, and woollen hat[…]
  • […]quite often her husband and Jo did not eat at home, or sat icily silent through a meal.
  • Bond had pulled her head back by her hair and had kissed her once, long and cruelly. Then he had told her to go to sleep and had leant back and waited icily for his body to leave him alone.

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