icy
The governor of the city greeted them icily.
He climbed into the back of the car and looked icily back at the superintendent.
She plays an icily ruthless businesswoman.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not being friendly
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abruptly
abruptness
aloof
estrangement
estrangement from someone
flintily
forbidding
forbiddingly
frigid
gruff
offish
remote
remoteness
reserved
reservedly
saturnine
wintry
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Not showing or feeling emotions