Coolly vs Coldly - What's the difference?
coolly | coldly |
In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
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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.
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, title= (obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool
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As adverbs the difference between coolly and coldly
is that coolly is in a cool, unpanicked or collected manner while coldly is in a cold or uncaring manner.As an adjective coolly
is coolish; somewhat cool.coolly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Swansea 2-0 Stoke, passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}
Adjective
(en adjective)- Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.