Coolly

Examples

• I told you you had a remarkable face, Mr. Barsad, observed Carton, coolly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Of course you don't, replied Crispin coolly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He is negotiating with the Jew, I suppose, replied De Bracy, coolly; probably the howls of Isaac have drowned the blast of the bugle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• No, he said coolly: when you have indicated to us the residence of your friends, we can write to them, and you may be restored to home. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He was writing and, without raising his head, coolly replied: Just as you please. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She must be the most unnatural mamma in existence, coolly to let her daughter come out in this weather. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He lives at Pentonwil when he's at home,' observed the driver coolly, 'but we seldom takes him home, on account of his weakness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She returned his glance coolly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Come along with me, sir, said Sergeant Cuff, coolly leading the way up-stairs, and beckoning to the boy to follow him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• So was Vesuvius, replied Crispin coolly, and that mountain in New Zealand—Tarawera, was it not? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Ah, then, we'll step over afterwards, said the Colonel, coolly settling down to his breakfast again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She flushed, not with anger but excitement, when the ungenial matron answered coolly, Don't waste your dramatic effects. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Yes, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, coolly getting up and standing on the hearth. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You would not take it so coolly, if you were housekeeper. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I know enough about him not to trust him overmuch, replied Crispin coolly; but with regard to your scheme and his scheme— Yes? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• How dare you, a young person, sit coolly down, with the self-possession of a gar?on, and look at _that_ picture? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• N-no, sir,' replied Wegg, coolly, 'I should hardly describe it so, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I don't think you care much about her even now, said Eustacia with sudden joyousness, for if you did you wouldn't talk so coolly about her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And now, after all, the last of the Patriarchs coolly walked into the parlour, saying in effect, 'Be good enough to throw it down and dance upon it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Bucket coolly asks as he turns his bull's-eye on a line of stinking ruins. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Why, Mr. Reuben Hayes, said Holmes, coolly, one might think that you were afraid of our finding something out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You will get plenty of it shortly, then, said Caliphronas coolly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• War rages yet with the audacious Boythorn, though at uncertain intervals, and now hotly, and now coolly, flickering like an unsteady fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• More to be done with a hundred and fifty,' replied Mr. Jingle coolly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And on what evidence, Pip, asked Mr. Jaggers, very coolly, as he paused with his handkerchief half way to his nose, does Provis make this claim? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I don't find it worth my while to cut things so fine as to go into the inquiry,' Fascination coolly answered. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I take everything in this life coolly, answered Ebrington, except you, he added smiling. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Must I listen coolly to downright nonsense--to dangerous nonsense? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Violence will not do for me, my friend, Mr. Tulkinghorn then remarks coolly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Emma listened, and then coolly said, I shall not be satisfied, unless he comes. Jane Austen. Emma.

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