Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a cold-hearted manner.
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- adverb In a
cold-hearted manner.
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Examples
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Reportedly, it was their press spokesperson who answered cold-heartedly, "This is an issue between Mr. Polanski and the court."
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Reportedly, it was their press spokesperson who answered cold-heartedly, "This is an issue between Mr. Polanski and the court."
Roman Polanski and Lady MacJustice Linda Kenney Baden 2010
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So when the optimal decision for me is an impassioned one, I must value by ability to engage in the right passions, not merely in the ability to cold-heartedly reflect and choose.
Autonomy in Moral and Political Philosophy Christman, John 2009
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Someone who was just standing on a street corner and she was brutally, cold-heartedly killed by a single bullet to her heart.
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But to systematically and cold-heartedly beat a people into the dirt is not only a set-up for future warfare and misery, it is also a one-trick pony that, one day, is going to stomp YOU and YOURS into the dirt.
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But the boyfriend before him, who was truly sweet and tender to me and whom I left cold-heartedly and with rarely a second thought?
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2008
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It is cold-heartedly planned and calculated, and corrupt legislators have enabled corrupt business and corporate executives who have bribed the corrupt legislators.
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He noticed that several thousand tents were cold-heartedly abandoned at festivals each year.
Archive 2008-04-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Multi millionaire, Sensenbrenner (heir to a paper fortune) is cold-heartedly refusing to even consider another look at the bankruptcy bill about to go into effect — just in time for people who have no jobs and no homes, but they do have their outstanding bills.
Think Progress » Katrina: Another Excuse for Bush’s Failed Ideology 2005
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Conservatism was once an ideology – an unimaginative, reactionary, and cold-heartedly selfish ideology, but one that had articulable principles, at least.
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