coldly
/'kouldli/
Definition
- Adverb:
- In a manner lacking warmth, emotion, or sympathy: Describes an action performed without emotional involvement, friendliness, or kindness. It implies a detached, unfeeling, or deliberately impersonal attitude.
- In a calculated, deliberate, and unemotional way: Often used to describe actions, especially harmful ones, that are carried out with premeditation and without passion or remorse.
Examples of Usage
- Adverb:
- She looked at him coldly and turned away without a word. (Her gaze was devoid of warmth or emotion.)
- The manager coldly informed the team of the layoffs. (The manager delivered the news in an impersonal, unsympathetic manner.)
- The decision was made coldly, based solely on data. (The decision was made without emotional consideration.)
Advanced Usage
- "in cold blood": This is a set adverbial phrase meaning to do something, especially kill someone, in a deliberate, premeditated, and unemotional way. It is a stronger, more specific idiom than "coldly" alone.
- The reference sentence "he killed her in cold blood" means the murder was calculated and ruthless, not done in the heat of passion.
Variants and Related Words
- Cold (adj): Having a low temperature; lacking affection or warmth.
- A cold wind blew. / She gave a cold reply.
- Coldness (n): The state or quality of being cold in temperature or demeanor.
- The coldness of his attitude was shocking.
Synonyms
- Unemotionally: Without showing emotion.
- Dispassionately: In an impartial, unemotional way.
- Impersonally: Without personal feeling or connection.
- Callously: In a way that shows an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Antonyms
- Warmly: In a friendly, affectionate, or enthusiastic manner.
- Passionately: With strong emotion or intense feeling.
- Sympathetically: With feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
Adverb
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in a cold unemotional manner
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he killed her in cold blood
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