cool-headed

[ kool-hed-id ]
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adjective
  1. not easily excited; calm.

Origin of cool-headed

1
First recorded in 1770–80

Other words from cool-headed

  • cool-head·ed·ly, adverb
  • cool·head·ed·ness, noun

Words Nearby cool-headed

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How to use cool-headed in a sentence

  • He posted a number of reliable, cool-headed men around the "meetinghouse," many of them being armed.

    West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheon