coolly

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1. At a moderately low temperature.

   The wind blew coolly.

2. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.

   Well, she looks at you so coolly / And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea

   1976, Al Stewart, Peter Wood, “Year of the Cat”

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   "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.

   1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

   Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.

   2011 October 2, Aled Williams, “Swansea 2-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport Wales

3. With calm impudence.

   They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.

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1. obsoleteCoolish; somewhat cool in temperature.

   Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.

   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