coolly


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cool/kuːl/
adjective
  • 1 of or at a fairly low temperature.

    ■ (especially of clothing) keeping one from becoming too hot.

  • 2 not excited, anxious, or emotional.

    ■ unfriendly or unenthusiastic.

    ■ (of jazz) restrained and relaxed.

  • 3 informal fashionably attractive or impressive.

    ■ excellent.

    ■ used to express acceptance or agreement.

  • 4 (a cool ——) informal used to emphasize the size of a sum of money: they pocketed a cool $1 million each.
noun (the cool) a cool temperature, place, or time. verb
  • 1 become or make less hot.
  • 2 become less emotional or enthusiastic.
  • 3 (cool out) informal relax: a dreamy spot where you could cool out and detox.
– phrases
keep (or lose) one's cool informal maintain (or fail to maintain) a calm and controlled attitude.
– derivatives
coolish adjective,
coolly adverb,
coolness noun.
– origin OE cōl (n.), cōlian (v.), of Gmc origin; rel. to cold.
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