cooly

[ koo-lee ]

/ ˈku li /

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Leto even knows he killed the performance, cooly uttering, “There you go...” at the end.
The Best (and Worst) Rihanna Covers: Jared Leto, Vin Diesel, Selena Gomez, More|The Daily Beast|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When asked, in 2009, how he made his open marriage work, Buffett replied cooly, “you have to be secure.”
Is Monogamy Obsolete? New Books Challenge Our Ideas of Fidelity|Jessica Bennett|June 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
"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