coolly
/ˈkuːl.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.66 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
At a moderately low temperature.
adv
In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
Example Sentences
- "The wind blew coolly."
- ""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."
- "They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds."
- "Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders."
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Inflected Forms
more coolly (comparative)
most coolly (superlative)