different between coolly vs colly

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English cole (“coal”) + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?li/
• Homophones: collie, cauli

Adjective

colly (comparative collier, superlative colliest)

1. (Britain, dialect) black as coal
   • 1780, unknown author, Twelve Days of Christmas

     four colly birds

Verb

colly (third-person singular simple present collies, present participle collying, simple past and past participle collied)

1. (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal

   • Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard

Translations

Noun

colly (plural collies)

1. (Britain, dialect) Soot.
2. (Britain, dialect) A blackbird
3. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie

See also

• collywobbles