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cooly

[ koo-lee ]

/ ˈku li /

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noun, adjective plural coo·lies,

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Words nearby cooly

cool off, cool one's heels, cool out, cool school, coolth, cooly, coom, Coomaraswamy, coomb, Coombs' serum, Coombs' test

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How to use cooly in a sentence

Leto even knows he killed the performance, cooly uttering, “There you go...” at the end.
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When asked, in 2009, how he made his open marriage work, Buffett replied cooly, “you have to be secure.”
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"It won't be necessary for her to go any further," remarked Mrs. Overton cooly.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock
He had been much in war; careless of wounds, he was cooly intent on destroying the enemy.
Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica|James Boswell

When I arrived at his camp I found the reverend gentleman very cooly delivering a lecture to his boys on education.
Death Valley in '49|William Lewis Manly
We answered him rather cooly, still sitting in the sand and he no doubt saw that we were a little suspicious of the crowd.
Death Valley in '49|William Lewis Manly
"'Deed, ye'll hae tae draw yer feet gey fast tae win hame afore the Sabbath; sae e'en be steppin'," she answered, cooly.
Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe