different between darkey vs darkly

English

Alternative forms

• darky, darkie

Etymology

dark +? -ey

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??ki/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??ki/

Noun

darkey (plural darkeys)

1. (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
   • 1865 August 7, Jordan Anderson, "To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson", republished in the New York Daily Tribune:

     Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master.

2. (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.

Translations

See also

• blackie

Anagrams

• yarked

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??kli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??kli/
• Hyphenation: dark?ly

Etymology 1

From Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche, from Old English deorcl??e, equivalent to dark +? -ly.

Adverb

darkly (comparative darklier or more darkly, superlative darkliest or most darkly)

1. With a dark appearance.

   Synonyms: blackly, sably
2. Faintly seen in the dark.
3. (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
4. (figuratively) Mysteriously; forebodingly, ominously.

   Synonym: threateningly

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English derkely, equivalent to dark +? -ly.

Adjective

darkly (comparative darklier or more darkly, superlative darkliest or most darkly)

1. (chiefly poetic) Relating to darkness or obscurity.

   A Scanner Darkly