antarctically
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]antarctically (not comparable)
- In an Antarctic manner or direction.
- December 4, 1862, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
- If, on the other hand, we drifted antarctically, we ran the risk of being hopelessly frozen up, in regions far beyond the haunts of any human creature.
- December 4, 1862, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
- in a way similar to Antarctica; bitterly (cold)
- 2005, Alison Linstead, Organization and Identity, page 215:
- 'To crack a tinny' is to open a cold can of beer—always antarctically cold, never warm.