Definition of Frostily

1. Adverb. Without warmth or enthusiasm. "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily"

Exact synonyms: Frigidly
Partainyms: Frigid, Frosty

Definition of Frostily

1. adv. In a frosty manner.

Definition of Frostily

1. Adverb. In a frosty manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frostily

1. frosty [adv] - See also: frosty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frostily

frostbit
frostbite
frostbites
frostbiting
frostbitings
frostbitten
frosted
frosted bat
frosted heart
frosted liver
frosteds
frostfish
frostfishes
frostier
frostiest
frostily (current term)
frostiness
frostinesses
frosting
frostinglike
frostings
frostless
frostlike
frostline
frostlines
frostnip
frostnips
frostproof
frosts
frostweed

Literary usage of Frostily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1901)
"She shifts responsibility upon her parents, bad daddy married one of his neighbors, she submits, she might be frostily sewing flannels for missionary boxes. ..."

2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"... the frostily up, From the frostily into the plain ; When Simmie looked him afore, He saw the kye right fast driving. 27 ' Whae drives the kye,' then ..."

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