coollyadv.
/ˈkuːl(l)i/, U.S. /ˈku(ə)li/ 1.
a. Unemotionally, dispassionately; deliberately, without haste; calmly, composedly.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adverb]
coldly1526
coolly1580
cool1673
cold blood1711
self-possessedly1854
self-containedly1866
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Attrempément..temperately, coolely, moderately.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 41 This safe liquor wil send the guests home coolely tempered.
1718 Free-thinker No. 33. 2 After this, when he finds himself most in Temper, let him coolly state the Accompts of his Love, by computing..the Profits and the Losses.
1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 277 When admiration had subsided, the translation was more coolly examined.
1856 F. Butler Dogo-graphy xlii. 90 He coolly examined him from stem to stern, bidding him pursue his course in peace.
1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters vii. 161 The cab-driver meanwhile was taking it very coolly.
1939 I. M. Tarbell All in Day's Work x. 199 Never doubtful of himself, only coolly determined to demonstrate to men and women of good will and honest purpose what they were up against.
1965 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 13 Oct. 23/1 The young lady engineer sits coolly and professionally at her desk.
2000 Kerryman (County Kerry) 8 Sept. 26/5 Up stepped wing-forward Eamon Bowler and he held his nerve to coolly split the post and give his side another day out.
b. Without fervour, enthusiasm, or warmth of interest; without cordiality or friendliness.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling
freezinglya1420
coldly1550
frostily1616
coolly1627
chilly1640
wintry1691
chillinglyc1784
icily1825
wintrily1843
frozenly1851
frigidly1883
chillily1886
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > not affably
strangelyc1374
coldly1550
squeamishly1571
coolly1627
chilly1640
reservedly1710
repulsively1725
starchly1755
chillinglyc1784
distantly1798
uncordially1811
stiffly1823
frozenly1851
pokerishly1867
chillily1886
standoffishly1892
aloofly1963
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 7 Compare the carriage of Pauls gratulation here, with that in the former Epistle: Coolely me thinkes, in comparison, it there runs.
1709 T. Hearne Diary 4 Apr. in Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 181 He promis'd me but coolly.
1784 H. L. Piozzi Jrnl. 5 Sept. in French Jrnls. of Mrs Thrale & Dr Johnson (1932) 191 The eldest..parted with me cooly, not unkindly.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 206 Lewis at first affected to receive these propositions coolly.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxi. 125 To affiliate somewhat coolly with the party of reconstruction.
1952 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 46 1169 ‘Mr. Chief Justice’, Hughes replied politely, but coolly extending his hand, ‘I am honored to see you’, leaving Taft ‘looking deflated’.
1995 Alif 15 115 The film was extremely successful commercially, but coolly received by intellectuals.
c. Unabashedly and assuredly, in a context where diffidence and hesitation would be expected; with composed audacity or impudence.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] > shamelessly
shamelesslyc897
unshamefastly1382
unshamefullyc1400
unshamelyc1480
shamelessa1541
blushlessly1604
frontlessly1618
brazen-facedly1624
with (an) open face1653
barefacedly1684
brazenly1714
unblushingly1752
coolly1844
blatantly1851
1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 301 Agricultural chemistry coolly..offering..to turn a sandbank into corn.
1884 Manch. Examiner 4 Dec. 5/1 This essential point was coolly taken for granted.
1896 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 17 Nov. 1/1 The murdered girl's father was on the stand yesterday... Hemphill [sc. the accused] takes little interest in the evidence. He sits coolly in his chair and reads the papers.
1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. iii. 86 He was coolly walking off with Inigo's whole afternoon.
1948 G. Frost Flying Squad vi. 72 A youngster who was coolly looting the place and throwing the stuff out into the yard.
1990 J. Sutherland Mrs Humphry Ward xxii. 262 Mrs Ward coolly demanded a £10,000 advance for her ‘shorter work’... The sum petrified Reginald Smith.
2. literal. At or with a relatively low temperature; so as to be agreeably cool.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] > in a cool condition
coolly1581
1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 96 The open ayre, Which coolly blew right in his face, as he lay dawing there.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. N7 They may walke there very coolely euen at noone.
1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs vii. x. 46 in Purple Island The aire..did coolly glide Through every part.
1727 J. Thomson Summer 33 Thrice Happy He! who..in the gelid Caverns, Woodbine-wrought..Sits cooly calm.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vi. 158 A path that wound among the rocks, and was cooly overshadowed by thickets of almond trees, figs, broad-leaved myrtle, and ever-green rose bushes.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 208 By hedge-side coolly led, Brooks curl o'er their sandy bed.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. x. 81 Coolly wrapped in a white peignoir by her window.
1933 Times 8 Sept. 5/4 The wind which blew coolly across the bay.
2006 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 23 Dec. f12 The coolly sheltered space where trickling water supports native wood ferns.
3. Stylishly, fashionably.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb]
ageta1500
fashionably1629
modishly1665
tonishly1895
funkily1965
trendily1967
groovily1970
coolly1987
1987 Toronto Star 16 Apr. b8/1 Crepe evening suits..also had a coolly contemporary throwaway elegance.
1992 Independent (Nexis) 8 Aug. 30 The coolly designed basement restaurant..has become hugely popular in the few months since it opened.
2004 Jockey Slut Feb. 72/1 An irresistible chunk of thug-funk that manages to simultaneously sound totally fresh and coolly retro.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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