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# coolly

«coolly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a calm way, without showing worry, fear or excitement** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a calm way, without showing worry, fear or excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/#m1)

2) In a cold, unfriendly way, not warmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a calm reply or act from someone who is not bothered, even in danger or a surprise

### examples

- «What's the matter?» said Oonagh coolly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/#x1)
- He coolly lit the grass with his flint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/#x2)
- She looked at him coolly and said nothing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coolly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.