# coolly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈkuːl.li/ · frequency rank #43,577

## Definitions
1. At a moderately low temperature.
2. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
3. With calm impudence.

## Etymology
From cool + -ly (adverbial suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **cools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coolly-vs-cools)
- **costly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coolly-vs-costly)
- **Cowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coolly-vs-cowley)
- **Copley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coolly-vs-copley)
- **Cooney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coolly-vs-cooney)
- **corolla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coolly-vs-corolla)
- **cool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cool-vs-coolly)
- **coll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coll-vs-coolly)
- **Colby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colby-vs-coolly)
- **Cally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cally-vs-coolly)
- **comply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comply-vs-coolly)
- **cooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooler-vs-coolly)
- **cooled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooled-vs-coolly)
- **chilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilly-vs-coolly)
- **Conley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conley-vs-coolly)
- **cooley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooley-vs-coolly)
- **coldly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coldly-vs-coolly)
- **Connolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connolly-vs-coolly)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccoolly`, `colly`, `cololy`, `coollyy`, `cooly`, `coolyl`, `ocolly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coolly