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coolly

UK/ˈkuːl.li/ US/ˈkuʷɫ.li/ rare obsolete

adverb

1.

in a composed and unconcerned manner

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

Origin

From cool + -ly (adjectival suffix).

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