different between collected vs coolly

English

Etymology

collect +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?kt?d/

Adjective

collected (comparative more collected, superlative most collected)

1. (not comparable) Gathered together.

   the collected works of Charles Dickens

2. Cool?headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

   He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.

Synonyms

• calm, cool, composed

Related terms

• garbage-collected

Translations

Verb

collected

1. simple past tense and past participle of collect

English

Etymology

From cool +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?li/

Adverb

coolly (comparative more coolly, superlative most coolly)

1. In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.

   • "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
2. (dated) With calm impudence.

   They walked in, not even wearing masks, and coolly robbed the bank of twelve thousand pounds.

Translations

Adjective

coolly (comparative more coolly, superlative most coolly)

1. (obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool in temperature
   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe

     Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.