coolness

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/ˈkuːlnəs/

noun

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noun
The quality of being slightly cold or calmly confident.
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noun
Extra detail
Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.

Examples

We felt the coolness when we arrived at the river.
His coolness has alienated his friends.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

Conflict or hostility or an instance of such that stands in contrast to expected friendliness or interest.
Moderate chilliness.
Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility.

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I know a place of all sweet coolnesses; / a little island, like an emerald, set / in the clear argent of a river, that is / Itself a shining net
Surely there is between human kind and trees a kinship immemorial, antedating the fret and fever of the nerves, bringing old coolnesses to serve as refuge, making us know the time when spring was no torment, autumn no regret.
De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?

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I know a place of all sweet coolnesses; / a little island, like an emerald, set / in the clear argent of a river, that is / Itself a shining net
1883, Emily Sullivan Oakey, In the Heat., in At the Foot of Parnassus, page 97
Surely there is between human kind and trees a kinship immemorial, antedating the fret and fever of the nerves, bringing old coolnesses to serve as refuge, making us know the time when spring was no torment, autumn no regret.
1917, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, “The Comradship of Trees”, in Familiar Ways, section III, page 135
De Coude was the personification of coolness—was he not the best shot in France?
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 78
Luckily for England, they have a world-class striker with a golden touch in [Harry] Kane, who was coolness personified to carefully direct in the winner.
2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019
A regulatory backstop would still be needed, however, because the problem can cut both ways – that is, the utility can also exhibit coolness toward aspects of water conservation. In Kingston, members of [the] local council felt that they lacked sufficient influence over the utility (a municipal corportation) to advance a conservation agenda. At the same time, utility staff had difficulty harmonizing water rates due to council resistance (see Chapter 4).
2016, Kathryn Furlong, “ASD and the Goal of Efficiency” (chapter 6), in Leaky Governance: Alternative Service Delivery and the Myth of Water Utility Independence, page 123

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Origin

noun

From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”).

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His blank under pressure earned him respect from the entire team.