Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a cold-blooded manner; without emotion, pity, or compassion: The adverb "cold-bloodedly" describes performing an action in a way that is deliberately cruel, ruthless, and unfeeling. It implies a calculated and remorseless attitude, devoid of normal human warmth, sympathy, or excitement.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The assassin cold-bloodedly carried out his orders. (The assassin performed his task in a ruthless, unemotional manner.)
  • She cold-bloodedly betrayed her closest friend for personal gain. (She betrayed her friend in a calculated and heartless way.)
  • The dictator cold-bloodedly ordered the execution of his political opponents. (The dictator gave the order without any feeling of remorse or pity.)

Advanced Usage

• "to act cold-bloodedly": to behave or make decisions in a deliberately unemotional and merciless way.
  • The general acted cold-bloodedly, sacrificing his own troops to achieve the strategic objective.
• "to plan/execute something cold-bloodedly": to plan or carry out an action with premeditated cruelty and a lack of feeling.
  • The crime was not a crime of passion; it was cold-bloodedly planned over several weeks.

Variants and Related Words

• Cold-blooded (adjective): having a body temperature that varies with the environment (zoology); or, without emotion or pity; callous.
  • Reptiles are cold-blooded animals.
  • It was a cold-blooded murder.
• Cold-bloodedness (noun): the quality or state of being cold-blooded.
  • The cold-bloodedness of the act shocked the community.

Synonyms

• Ruthlessly: acting without pity or compassion.
• Callously: in an insensitive and cruel manner.
• Calculatedly: in a carefully planned way to achieve a specific, often negative, result.
• Unemotionally: without showing or feeling emotion.
• In cold blood: (idiomatic phrase) deliberately and without mercy.

Antonyms

• Compassionately: with deep sympathy and care for others.
• Emotionally: with strong feelings.
• Passionately: with intense emotion or zeal.
• Warmly: in a friendly, kind, or affectionate manner.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• In cold blood: This is the core idiomatic phrase from which "cold-bloodedly" is derived. It means to do something, especially kill someone, deliberately and without mercy.
  • He was murdered in cold blood.
• With a cold heart: acting without kindness or sympathy.
  • She made the decision with a cold heart.

Adverb

1. in cold blood
   • he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss