- a variation of coolie.
cooly
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Bentsen, with a gunslinger’s glint to his eye, cooly responded, “Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
While he had played cooly and clinically, there was a question mark about how the left-hander would fare against an opponent of Sinner’s class.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
The Porto forward cooly tapped it into an empty net.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2020
"Some women, it is said, like to cook," author Peg Bracken cooly observed in the introduction to her 1960 bestseller.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2020
"By the way," I say cooly over my shoulder, "you might want to check out the pictures on your phone. I'm closer to Hollywood than you think."
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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