In a standoffish manner (5)

I believe the answer is:

icily

(Other definitions for icily that I've seen before include "In a cool manner" , "In a frosty manner" , "Coldly" , "In a chilling manner" , "in unfriendly way" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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