Coolly \Cool"ly\, a. Coolish; cool. [Obs.] --Spenser. Coolly \Cool"ly\, adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.
coolly adv : in a composed and unconcerned manner; "without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher" [syn: {nervelessly}, {nonchalantly}]