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Meanings of frostily in English

Spanish
fríamente

Without warmth or enthusiasm.

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        Usage of frostily in English
        1
        Seeing no help there, he looked back at Blunt and smiled frostily.
        James Potter and the Morrigan Web
        2
        It was fitting that his last morning should be so frostily pristine.
        The river kings' road
        3
        Under the projecting eyebrows his old frostily-blue eyes had a scared look.
        Mary Gray
        4
        Above, stars crackled frostily, close to earth, as stars do in winter.
        The Judge
        5
        In the past, the band had responded frostily to their BRIT wins.
        Reuters
        6
        THANKSGIVING day dawned clearly and frostily upon the little village of Castleton Hollow.
        The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
        7
        Aunt Philippa nodded very frostily and gave her horse a quite undeserved cut.
        Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
        8
        She nodded frostily, and I nodded back, then we both looked away again.
        Hex and the city
        9
        The path of the spray narrowed, concentrated around the doorway, crusted it frostily.
        Gather, Darkness!
        10
        I was frostily instructed to go to the general's door and knock twice.
        Mortal Allies
        11
        The stars glittered frostily through the rifts in the clouds.
        Driven Back to Eden
        12
        The roads were in excellent condition, and the moon was high and frostily bright.
        The Odds / And Other Stories
        13
        He consulted a list, smiled frostily, and let her in.
        Jem
        14
        Finally, frostily, she said, "Johnny does not exist." It was a warning.
        Water, stone, heart
        15
        He was frostily informed that this was a humanitarian and not a military project.
        Oomphel in the Sky
        16
        He gazed frostily at the man who had interrupted him.
        The Sign at Six
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        Frostily through the time
        Frostily across language varieties
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