coolly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːl.li/, [ˈkuʷɫ.li], /ˈkuːli/, [ˈkʉː.li]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: coolie, coulee, coulis (second pronunciation)
Adverb[edit]
coolly (comparative more coolly, superlative most coolly)
- At a moderately low temperature.
- The wind blew coolly.
- In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
- 2011 October 2, Aled Williams, “Swansea 2-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport Wales:
- Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.
- With calm impudence.
- They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.
Translations[edit]
In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
Adjective[edit]
coolly (comparative more coolly, superlative most coolly)
- (obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool in temperature
- 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.