单词 | frostily |
释义 | frostilyadv. 1. Originally: in an unfeeling or indifferent manner. Now chiefly: in a hostile or unfriendly manner. Cf. frosty adj. 6b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling freezinglya1420 coldly1550 frostily1616 coolly1627 chilly1640 wintry1691 chillinglyc1784 icily1825 wintrily1843 frozenly1851 frigidly1883 chillily1886 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] coldlya1240 bleak1590 frostily1616 chilly1759 chillinglyc1784 bleakly1795 icily1815 frigidly1844 chillilya1849 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adverb] > in a frosty or icy manner frostily1616 icily1878 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lii, in Wks. I. 782 I rather thou should'st vtterly Dispraise my worke, then praise it frostily. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) II. 155 Our unpassion'd Cato's and half-passion'd Tamerlanes were left too little animated by their authors, but were never written, with so frostily congeal'd a chillness, as their actors have been pleas'd to lend 'em. 1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 334 How frostily they looked upon a sturdy self-will. 1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 593/1 Her mother met them frostily. 1961 A. Simpson & R. Galton Four Hancock Scripts 38 Tony: Any room for a littl'un? (Laugh). They stare at him frostily. 2004 Times 23 July 4/1 A frostily received maiden speech. 2. With the appearance of frost; with a glittering, white, or silver appearance. ΚΠ 1805 A. Taylor in J. Taylor et al. Orig. Poems for Infant Minds II. 59 When Winter blows bleak, and loud bellows the storm, And frostily twinkle the stars. 1872 Galaxy July 118/1 The moon..shines but dimly... Swans are asleep in the basins, their long backs gleam frostily. 1908 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Fair Mississippian i. 17 His white hair gleaming frostily. 2002 R. E. Howard Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (2005) 65 The shimmering shaft of the tower rose frostily in the stars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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