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COOLLY

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 I. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

In a composed and unconcerned manner

Example:

without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher

Synonyms:

coolly; nervelessly; nonchalantly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

cool (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“There is no hurry now, I presume, Craven,” said my uncle, as coolly as if this sudden effect had been carefully devised by him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I guess your name does not frighten me, Mr. Holmes,” said he coolly.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But his fear was only momentary; and though he did not look the lawyer in the face, he answered coolly enough: “That is my name. What do you want?”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“What name did they give the child?” “Top off!” said the cat quite coolly.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

So voluntarily, so freely, so coolly to canvass it!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Meg jumped up, looking both proud and shy, but 'that man', as Jo called him, actually laughed and said coolly, as he kissed the astonished newcomer, "Sister Jo, congratulate us!"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But by coolly giving the reins a better direction herself they happily passed the danger; and by once afterwards judiciously putting out her hand they neither fell into a rut, nor ran foul of a dung-cart; and Anne, with some amusement at their style of driving, which she imagined no bad representation of the general guidance of their affairs, found herself safely deposited by them at the Cottage.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It was written by a new editor, who coolly informed Martin that he declined to be held responsible for the old editor's mistakes, and that he did not think much of "The Peri and the Pearl" anyway.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You speak coolly enough; but you suffer in the conflict.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Ah, then, we’ll step over afterwards,” said the Colonel, coolly settling down to his breakfast again.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)