coolly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkuːl.li/
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/ˈkuːl.li/ · [ˈkuʷɫ.li] · /ˈkuːli/ · [ˈkʉː.li]

Definition of coolly

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. At a moderately low temperature.
    “The wind blew coolly.”
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adv

  1. At a moderately low temperature.
    “The wind blew coolly.”
  2. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
    “"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.”
    “Well, she looks at you so coolly / And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea”
    “Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.”
  3. With calm impudence.
    “They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.”

adj

  1. (obsolete)Coolish; somewhat cool in temperature.
    “Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From cool + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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