ICILY
What does "ICILY" mean?
In a cold, unfriendly, or emotionally distant manner.
Meanings
- In a manner showing coldness of feeling or hostility. "I'm fine," she said icily, and shut the door.
- So as to be physically cold or covered in ice. The path glittered icily under the streetlamp.
Word origin
From 'icy' (covered with or like ice), itself from Old English 'is' (ice), plus the adverb-forming suffix '-ly'; the emotional sense borrows the chill of literal ice.
Remember it
ICILY is ICY wearing an -LY coat: it freezes the manner of an action the way ice freezes a pond.
A little poem
Three words, evenly spaced,
set down like cubes in a glass -
the room two degrees colder.
haiku
Wordplay
- She replied to the breakup text 'icily.' Autocorrect agreed - it added a frost emoji she didn't even type.
What it teaches
Cold delivered calmly cuts deeper than heat shouted - the chill in a quiet word outlasts the burn of a loud one.
Quick facts
What does ICILY mean?
In a cold, unfriendly, or emotionally distant manner.
Is ICILY a valid word?
Yes — ICILY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ICILY?
ICILY has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does ICILY come from?
From 'icy' (covered with or like ice), itself from Old English 'is' (ice), plus the adverb-forming suffix '-ly'; the emotional sense borrows the chill of literal ice.
What can ICILY teach us?
Cold delivered calmly cuts deeper than heat shouted - the chill in a quiet word outlasts the burn of a loud one.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.