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Definition of Coolly
1. Adverb. In a composed and unconcerned manner. "Without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher"
Definition of Coolly
1. a. Coolish; cool.
2. adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.
Definition of Coolly
1. Adverb. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coolly
1. in a cool manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coolly
Literary usage of Coolly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"When a clergyman, whom we may suppose to have some pride in the antiquities of
his church, can coolly consent to such atrocities, can we wonder that so many ..."
2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"I know not that I should take this view so coolly, if I did not feel that it
cannot be long before I bid my friends here farewell, and devolve all cares as ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... coolly pursues those principles, with a mind neither depressed by disappointments
nor elated by success, giving full exercise to that discretion and ..."
4. The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and by William Jay (1833)
"... as is really the case now, notwithstanding the confident assurances of such
men as Cobbett and his adherents, the country feels coolly on the subject, ..."
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