Definitions

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  • adverb So as to grow cooler; losing warmth.

Etymologies

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cooling +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • France at Niort, and has the added attraction of a glass-covered courtyard, where you may take your coffee and watch the household cats amusing themselves with the goldfish in the pool of the fountain which plays coolingly in the centre.

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • There was no sign of drought there, for the grass was fed by the mists, and the breeze blew coolingly on his sweating face.

    Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton 1948

  • Instead of falling to his death, his feet almost immediately struck in water, and he sat violently down in water that splashed coolingly on his face.

    Smoke Bellew Jack London 1896

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