Cold
Cold adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: received a cold reception from the hostess
Kindly
Kindly adjective - Having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
Both words in one sentence
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Sydney is incredibly spoiled and a sore loser who doesn't take kindly to change, and Victor masks his own shyness, fear, and hurt by putting on a cold front and lashing out sometimes.
Source: Series / Parenthood - You Must Be Cold: Zenigata kindly offers his coat to Laura, telling her he's far too warm.
Source: Recap / Lupin IIIS 2 E 69 -
He was adopted by the honorable and kindly Manfred von Karma, the one who really murdered his father, and brought up to be a cold and ruthless prosecutor with no regard for whether the people he prosecuted had actually done anything wrong.
Source: Dark and Troubled Past
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