# coldly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈkəʊldli/ · frequency rank #42,067

## Definitions
1. In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

## Etymology
From Middle English coldliche, caldeliche, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse kaldliga (“coldly”); equivalent to cold + -ly. Displaced Middle English colde (“coldly”), from Old English cealde (“coldly”).

## Easily confused with
- **coll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-coll)
- **colony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-colony)
- **comply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-comply)
- **costly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-costly)
- **cuddly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-cuddly)
- **coolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-coolly)
- **cold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cold-vs-coldly)
- **Cody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cody-vs-coldly)
- **Colby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colby-vs-coldly)
- **Cally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cally-vs-coldly)
- **calmly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calmly-vs-coldly)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccoldly`, `clodly`, `codlly`, `colddly`, `coldlly`, `coldlyy`, `coldyl`, `colldly`, `colldy`, `ocldly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coldly