coldly

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Karina initially approached BioTexCom to be a surrogate but chose not to proceed with the clinic, feeling they had treated her coldly in initial appointments with them.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

What’s more coldly impartial, however, is the economic research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In the Taper production, directed by Les Waters, the play came across as coldly abstract despite the prickly warmth of Lois Smith’s Marjorie.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

“We’re not rodeo people,” my mother coldly informed me.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

She stared coldly at Papá like he was a stranger to her.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall