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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
Garrett Hardin

Meaning of "coldly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLDLY

coldly  [ˈkəʊldlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coldly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES COLDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coldly in the English dictionary

The definition of coldly in the dictionary is in a cold manner or in a manner that lacks warmth or enthusiasm.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLDLY


baldly
ˈbɔːldlɪ
boldly
ˈbəʊldlɪ
childly
ˈtʃaɪldlɪ
cuckoldly
ˈkʌkəldlɪ
detailedly
ˈdiːteɪldlɪ
manifoldly
ˈmænɪˌfəʊldlɪ
mildly
ˈmaɪldlɪ
newfangledly
ˈnjuːˈfæŋɡəldlɪ
old-worldly
ˌəʊldˈwɜːldlɪ
otherworldly
ˌʌðəˈwɜːldlɪ
overboldly
ˌəʊvəˈbəʊldlɪ
puzzledly
ˈpʌzəldlɪ
ribaldly
ˈrɪbəldlɪ
troubledly
ˈtrʌbəldlɪ
unbridledly
ʌnˈbraɪdəldlɪ
untroubledly
ʌnˈtrʌbəldlɪ
unwieldly
ʌnˈwiːldlɪ
unworldly
ʌnˈwɜːldlɪ
wildly
ˈwaɪldlɪ
worldly
ˈwɜːldlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLDLY

cold-blooded
cold-bloodedly
cold-bloodedness
cold-drawn
cold-hearted
cold-heartedly
cold-heartedness
cold-pressed
cold-rolled
cold-shoulder
cold-weather payment
cold-weld
cold-work
coldblood
coldcock
coldhouse
coldie
coldish
Colditz
coldness

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLDLY

allegedly
badly
broadly
deadly
friendly
gladly
hardly
kindly
outwardly
proudly
rapidly
repeatedly
reportedly
sadly
secondly
supposedly
to put it mildly
undoubtedly
unexpectedly
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Synonyms and antonyms of coldly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coldly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLDLY

Find out the translation of coldly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coldly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coldly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冷冷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fríamente
570 millions of speakers

English

coldly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्र्काई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ببرود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

холодно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

friamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠাণ্ডাভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

froidement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan dingin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冷たく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

매몰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kadhemen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lạnh lùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்ச்சியற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थंडपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sakinlikle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

freddamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłodno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

холодно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

răceală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψυχρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koud
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kallt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kaldt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coldly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLDLY»

The term «coldly» is regularly used and occupies the 74.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLDLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coldly

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6 QUOTES WITH «COLDLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word coldly.
1
Garrett Hardin
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
2
Arthur L. Herman
Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be 'a Benedict Arnold' is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way.
3
Tony Kushner
If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you're going to have.
4
Ronaldinho
I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician.
5
Adrian Smith
When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating.
6
Sara Teasdale
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLDLY»

Discover the use of coldly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coldly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Freeze Thy Blood Less Coldly
A knowledge of men, jazz music and police methods are here fused by a professional craftsman into a chilling story.
John William Wainwright, 1972
2
An abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary: English and Latin : ...
Го receive one coldly, Frigide aliquem excipftre. T Somewhat coldly, Paulo frigidius. Tory coldly, Frígiüiuuno. Coldly [slenderly] Tenuiter, Jejou. Coldly [ slothfully] Segniter. Cole, cole, or со/еиюг*, Brassica, eau- Us. Sen cole, Brassica marina.
Robert Ainsworth, Thomas Morell, John Carey, 1837
3
Smith's New Grammar: English Grammar, on the Productive ...
A number of examples will illustrate this direction, and prove useful on other occasions. " She looks cold — She looks coldly on him." " He feels warm — He feels warmly the insult offered to him." " He became sincere and virtuous— He became ...
Roswell Chamberlain Smith, 1834
4
Gaslight and Daylight, with Some London Scenes They Shine Upon
Coldly garish yet is the white, sunless day. Funereally black and dismal loom tufted masses of tall trees — their umbrageous mantles chequered here and there by diamond flashes of the sunlight coming up behind them. Coldly gray are the ...
George Augustus Sala, 1859
5
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
32730 The lady with the colder breast than snow 34830 Coldly. That I should wait here lonely and coldly, . 421.44 If she'll not coldly pay its warmest debt! 476.69 Spoke coldly or looked strangely, broke the love . . 800.27 But said these three ...
6
From Then Until Now
We travel coldly, imperviously to one another's needs and blindly, indifferent to one another's woes, supplementing our pompous grandeur with sarcastic remarks in each other's presence. River walks are difficult to access when gigantic ...
Terry Stewart Homewood, 2011
7
THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND LITERARY JOURNAL
Boaden tells m, that it was then " coldly received by the house, and as coldly withdrawn by the Author." Whatever he may mean by " coldly withdrawn," " coldly received is quite intelligible, and the reader will not wonder that such was its fate.
8
Adjective Intensification--learners Versus Native Speakers: ...
Yet it is necessary to make this link explicit in order to explain, for example, why " one who is coldly polite is less than ordinarily polite" (Bolinger 1972: 23). Standard descriptions so far have simply not spelled out that the reducing effect in ...
Gunter R. Lorenz, 1999
9
World Literature Reader: A Reader
1 'Conjectures on World Literature', NLR I; Christopher Prendergast, 'Negotiating World Literature', NLR 8; Francesca Orsini, 'Maps of Indian Writing', NLR 13; Efraín Kristal, ' “Considering Coldly . . .”: A Response to Franco Moretti', NLR 15; ...
Theo D'haen, César Domínguez, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, 2012
10
Boyer's French Dictionary
to receive one coldly. Un Homme /raid dans m discours, a man that speaks but Tittle. // dit cela d'une maniire sifroide, he speaks it so very coldly. fboid. s. m. cold ; reservedness, gravity. J'aifroia, I am cold. Mourir de froid,ge(er defroid, to be ...
Abel Boyer, William Bentley Fowle, 1849

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coldly is used in the context of the following news items.
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'The Last Ship' 2.04 Recap: “If a Fight's What You Want, It's a Fight …
Coldly and with practiced precision, Girlfriend2 shows Boyfriend2 that there are LOTS of clicks and racks to be racked and clicked in order to ... «High-Def Digest, Jul 15»
2
Proof The Book Of Revelation Is No Joke
Again, the priest just thought it was a coldly impersonal idea in an already deteriorating society. But the part of the conversation that most ... «Western Journalism, Jul 15»
3
Tef Poe Rips Hillary Clinton On New Politically Charged Record …
Hillary Clinton and [President] Obama still telling lies/Overseas, killing Africans/And it's never televised,” the St. Louis MC coldly spat on the ... «Hip-Hop Wired, Jul 15»
4
Sorry, Everyone, America Isn't That Racist
If anyone is guilty of proof by example, it's Robinson: “The gunman who so coldly killed those innocent worshipers at Emanuel African ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
5
​Film review: Love & Mercy (12A)
... the latter eliciting boos when he sells the rights to The Beach Boys songs for a pittance and coldly tells Brian, "Five years from now, no one is ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks: we take a look at tonight's top …
Later, Mercy takes Joe back to the hospital and he coldly tells her sleeping with her was a mistake and he wishes it had never happened. «Reveal, Jul 15»
7
Film Review: 'The World Is Mine'
... who takes her virginity in a well-handled, coldly discomforting scene. Although the sex is dispassionate, Larisa feels she's queen of the ball, ... «Variety, Jul 15»
8
His silence is golden: Why Modi won't speak on controversies
The reporter repeated the question and Modi sat coldly stone-faced and expressionless. There was a long, awkward pause after which the ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
9
Mark Figley: Stop blaming Confederate flag
... Dylann Roof methodically shot down nine innocent Bible-studiers at a church while coldly sitting in with them just before his heinous act. «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
10
7 Reasons Why Scott Disick Is Actually The Good Guy In His …
A running line of jokes on KUWTK center around Kourtney coldly shutting Scott out of any semblance of an intimate connection, and Scott being ... «Bustle, Jul 15»

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