icily
In unfriendly manner
Icily describes doing something in a cold, unfriendly manner—with deliberate emotional distance or hostility.
The word suggests controlled anger or contempt rather than mere indifference: She icily informed him that his services were no longer required.
Someone who responds icily wants you to feel the chill.
In an unfriendly manner
- chillinglyIn a frightening way
- freezinglyExtremely cold manner
- coldlyWithout emotional warmth
- frigidlyIn extremely cold manner
bitingly · glacially · numbingly · shiveringly · bleakly · starkly · crisply · piercingly
Without emotional warmth
- curtlyRudely brief in speech
- frostilyIn an unfriendly manner
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- contemptuouslyWith scorn or derision
disdainfully · scornfully · sneeringly · cuttingly · bitingly · caustically · acidly · sharply
Without emotional warmth
- distantlyIn a far-off manner
- alooflyIn detached manner
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
- coollyIn unruffled manner
detachedly · dispassionately · remotely · unfeelingly · impassively · stoically · reservedly · frostily
frostily
In an unfriendly manner
- chillinglyIn a frightening way
- freezinglyExtremely cold manner
- coldlyWithout emotional warmth
frigidly · bitingly · glacially · numbingly · shiveringly · bleakly · starkly · crisply · piercingly · briskly
coldly
Without emotional warmth
- curtlyRudely brief in speech
- frostilyIn an unfriendly manner
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
contemptuously · disdainfully · scornfully · sneeringly · cuttingly · bitingly · caustically · acidly · sharply · brusquely
coldly
Without emotional warmth
- distantlyIn a far-off manner
- alooflyIn detached manner
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
coolly · detachedly · dispassionately · remotely · unfeelingly · impassively · stoically · reservedly · frostily · unemotionally