coolly

adverb

variants also cooly
Definition of coollynext
as in casually

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Recent Examples of coolly Here, light does not issue from the far end of the room, drawing us toward salvation, but is coolly diffused through side walls made of milky Plexiglas. — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 But Thomas and Erika are no fools, coolly telling off smiling Hitler sympathizers during a tony reception. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Minor cringe is meta-cringe, standing apart from the affect while coolly investigating it. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Machado nearly tied Game 4 with a 406-foot drive off reliever Abner Uribe, but Mitchell coolly tracked it down and reached just above the short wall in right-center to keep it in the yard. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 To do the job, Lowen must temporarily move into the author’s home, a coolly lavish modern house in rural Vermont, where Verity’s many boxes of files are stored—and where, of course, Jeremy also lives. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 Murray reacted coolly as the ice water cascaded over him, standing up and clapping his hands while walking it off. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Then, on the very next series, Philo coolly dropped back on third-and-11 – with the crowd going bonkers – and fired a 20-yard TD strike to Dallas Wilson. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026 In a moment of chaos in the back, Colorado native Lindsey Heaps latched onto the rebound and coolly slotted the ball past the Angel City goalkeeper. — Spencer Baldwin, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coolly
  1. casually
  2. nonchalantly
  3. candidly
  4. frankly
Adverb
  • According to Jewish tradition, worn out sacred texts can’t be casually discarded; instead, they are stored in a geniza, a repository usually located within a synagogue or buried at a Jewish cemetery.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Aryna Sabalenka casually displayed her massive engagement ring in a new Instagram carousel.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • The outcry came after a left-wing account on X posted a video, dated Thursday, showing two National Guard members standing nonchalantly by a ballot drop box.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the video, the popular streamers Maya Higa and FaZe Adapt sit together on a log, chatting nonchalantly as a massive grizzly bear lumbers toward them.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonchalantly
Adverb
  • Throughout those three days, FBI Special Agent Bryan Witt, who was assigned to help investigate the matter, candidly acknowledged to the court that the case had not been handled like any other in his career.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • During his interview, Johnson spoke candidly about his rise to fame and the years of work behind his success.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of candidly
Adverb
  • The problem is the acting, which is broad, detached and, frankly, often amateurish.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But hearing that sweet murder-durder voice spring ferth from Ray Donovan is, quite frankly, werth the price of admission for those of us holding an outsized appreciation for actors attempting difficult regional dialects.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of frankly

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“Coolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coolly. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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