adverb
- in a manner that is extremely cold or causes freezing sensations
- in a manner that is cold, unfriendly, or unwelcoming in tone or demeanor
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The wind blew freezingly across the frozen lake.
- She spoke to him freezingly after their argument.
- It was freezingly cold outside, so we stayed indoors.
- He received a freezingly polite response to his request.
- The temperature dropped freezingly overnight.
- She looked at him with a freezingly hostile expression.