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comparative more coldly, superlative most coldly
in a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently. quotations examples
'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82