What part of speech is coolly?

Coolly can be categorized as an adjective and an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. coolly is an adjective.
  • 2. coolly is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • coolly 
    more coolly
    most coolly
  • Positive: coolly 
  • Comparative: more coolly
  • Superlative: most coolly

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • cool 
    coolly
  • adjective: cool 
  • adverb: coolly

What does coolly mean?

Definitions

Adjective

coolly - coolish; somewhat cool.

Adverb

coolly - 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"

Examples of coolly

#   Sentence  
1. adv. Without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher.
2. adv. She continued to talk coolly.
3. adv. She coolly stated her reasons for being there.
4. adv. He coolly stated his reasons for being there.
Sentence  
adv.
Without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher.
She continued to talk coolly.
She coolly stated her reasons for being there.
He coolly stated his reasons for being there.

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