`Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out of mothers, children and sick people than to take on this vast industry,' Mr Brown commented icily. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : I received him icily because of the harsh way he had treated me. From Dictionary.com.
"It is a wise decision," says the professor icily. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Rebel A Novel] Reference
A moment later he was glaring icily back at Flinx. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
"Give my love to the planet Earth," she added icily. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
"You want it left that way, Topham?" he asked icily. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
"Definitely not, Mr. Morazzoni," Patricia said icily. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
"How nice of you to walk Zarathustra," she said icily. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
"I don't see anything to laugh at," she observed icily. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
"I think him always very agreeable," says Joyce, icily. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
And a cold and ghastly shiver ran icily through my frame. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
Mary Carmichael shuddered as she icily put the question. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
"Please go to them," Mary spoke in icily dignified tones. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
"I don't want to hear that again," Ferrol told him icily. From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
"Very well," she said icily, and turned to the book again. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
He was "faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null.". From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
"Thank you for your time, Mr. Kosta," she said, icily polite. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
“Thank you, Nurse Banks, that will do,” said matron icily. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
For a second he listened, the blood running icily in his veins. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
She spoke icily: 'Mr. Armstrong was not aware that I was coming here. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
'We will not discuss the matter further,' said General Forsyth icily. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
The receptionist smiled icily at Tom, and then the smile vanished like a. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference
"I didn't say anything about not believing you," Mollie rejoined, icily. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
"I have no intention of neglecting any one of you four," she says, icily. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
"We were not discussing Miss Maliphant, we were talking of Joyce," icily. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
"My sister is neither companion nor governess to Lady Baltimore," says she icily. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
His older brother has been more polite about Tony Blair, but in an icily cool way. From Wordnik.com. [The leadership contenders sneer at Tony Blair at their peril. He knew how to win] Reference
"The time of a Venetian is his best gift to the State," the Capo made answer icily. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
"The evidence is conclusive!" said Espérance, icily, as Massetti finished reading. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
"I'm glad you enjoyed it," said Jessie, icily, though there was a twinkle in her eye. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
She tapped her little foot impatiently for a moment and then spoke as icily as before. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Oh, yes, there was conscience enough in the icily handsome face among the instructors. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
When he had quite ended his explanation, she said, as icily as she knew how to speak. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"I am sure I beg your pardon, Miss Thurston," she rejoined icily, before she moved away. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference
"I certainly do not intend to refer to that unfortunate episode again," she replied icily. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Was this the simple mountain girl, whose voice was now so suave and who was smiling so icily?. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Mrs. Roth and her son were icily formal, confining themselves to the most commonplace remarks. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
"I am no longer a schoolmaster, Nelly," said John so icily that Aunt looked up at him, surprised. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
'I shall expect a satisfactory settlement at the end of this week, Mr. Armstrong,' she said icily. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
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