Definition of "coolly"

coolly

/ˈkuːl.li/

adverb
comparative more coolly, superlative most coolly
1. At a moderately low temperature.
2. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
  Quotations
  "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
  1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
  Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.
  2011 October 2, Aled Williams, “Swansea 2-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport Wales
3. With calm impudence.
adjective
comparative more coolly, superlative most coolly
1. (obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool in temperature
  Quotations
  Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.
  1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie