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FRIGIDLY
frostily, frigidly
(adverb) without warmth or enthusiasm; “‘Come in if you have to,’ he said frostily”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
frigidly (comparative more frigidly, superlative most frigidly)
In a frigid manner; coldly; icily.
Source: Wiktionary
Frig"id*ly, adv.
Definition: In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.
FRIGID
Frig"id, a. Etym: [L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. Frill.]
1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate.
2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service.
3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. Johnson. Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23Arctic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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