What does icily mean?
Icily means In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect..
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/ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/ · adverb
In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect..
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.
"So I was made to look the fool?" Jason said icily.
Use icily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Icily means In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect..
Common synonyms include coldly, aloofly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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[…]
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