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Recent Examples of frigidly
At least Stijn Verhoeven and Ewa Mroczkowska’s nuanced production design for the interiors, including bourgeois homes full of kitschy knick-knacks, anonymous office spaces and frigidly austere villas, tell a story of their own about the material culture of the era.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Sweet, refreshing, and so frigidly fabulous in the height of summer.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Sweet, refreshing, and so frigidly fabulous in the height of summer.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigidly
Adverb
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Fans of Pawlikowski’s style will feel coldly, cozily at home in how their emotionally stingy relationship plays out.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Lili Reinhart’s coldly overbearing Apple (with lucious, flaming red hair) is their ringleader, Alexandra Shipp’s Fig is a science genius who lost her personality in a swirl of people pleasing, and Victoria Pedretti’s mentally fragile Cherry is Apple’s resident punching bag and fixer-upper project.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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James handled the disappointment by stepping up and coolly taking charge of the Lakers' offense again.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Both singers seemed so coolly detached yet their words and melodies were utterly compelling and evoked so much longing.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
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“Frigidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frigidly. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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