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Meanings of cold civility in English

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Usage of cold civility in English
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They parted with cold civility; but their hearts were big with resentment.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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She greeted her mother with cold civility, and left her breakfast untouched.
The Cow Puncher
3
But no look came, and he got nothing from her but cold civility.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
4
Wallenstein spoke to Fräu Bauer, who answered him with cold civility.
The Goose Girl
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She pressed her lips together tightly, and after a pause rejoined with cold civility:
Mother
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If he attempt any foolish, trifling conversation, you should check it with cold civility.
Bluebell / A Novel
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She tried to treat the woman with cold civility.
For Woman's Love
8
With cold civility the matron received me, and bade one of the inmates shew me my room.
Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-st...
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This cold civility warmed the petitioner's speech.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 / A Maga...
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She answered him with cold civility.
Pride and Prejudice
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The landlady, a stout and resolute woman, entered with a studied smile, which changed gradually to a cold civility.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 / A Magazine ...
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She consulted doctors-forthe form; behaving with cold civility during their visit, and scornfully satirising them when they were gone.
Our Friend the Charlatan
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George received him with cold civility, and asked him what sport he had, to which he was forced to reply-none
Dawn
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He had met Lord Newhaven several times since the drawing of lots, and they had always greeted each other with cold civility.
Red Pottage
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When this was the case, they spoke with a bare and cold civility, and left each other's neighbourhood as soon as circumstances permitted.
Lewis Rand
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She greeted Owen Ford with cold civility, and told him in a business-like tone that his room and his supper were ready for him.
Anne's House of Dreams
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