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What does icily mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word icily? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
  2. (figuratively) In an uncaring manner.
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You know that the cherries are sweet, the ciabatta baked that morning and the melon so ripe that each slice will dissolve icily in your mouth.
Mrs. Fitzgerald smiled icily at her son, and crooked a finger in the direction of the anxious butler.
Her words rang out crystalclear, more musical than the cooing of the ringdove, but they cut the silence icily.
The receptionist smiled icily at Tom, and then the smile vanished like a Martian polar cap.
I glared icily at him, and then mimicked him in a false, high, nasal voice.
Any number of specters could be floating in the cold, thin air or cavorting among icily twinkling stars.

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