coolly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Coolish; somewhat cool in temperature. obsolete
    — Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.
副词 adv.
  1. At a moderately low temperature.
    — The wind blew coolly.
  2. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
    — "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.
  3. With calm impudence.
    — They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English cool
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English coolly
From cool + -ly (adverbial suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English cool
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English coolly
From cool + -ly (adjectival suffix).
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