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Coolie vs Coolly - What's the difference?

coolie | coolly |

As a noun coolie

is an unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

As an adverb coolly is

in a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.

As an adjective coolly is

coolish; somewhat cool.

coolie

English

(wikipedia coolie)

Alternative forms

* cooly, kuli, quli, koelie, etc.

Noun

(coolies)
  • (offensive, slang) An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
  • A person of Indian descent.

    • Derived terms

    * coolie orange

    References

    * Yule, Henry and Burnell, A. C. (1886): Hobson-Jobson The Anglo-Indian Dictionary . Reprint: Ware, Hertfordshire. Wordsworth Editions Limited. 1996. * Le grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise , (2001), Vol. III, p. 833. English terms derived from Hindi English terms derived from Urdu

    coolly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • 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.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 2, author=Aled Williams, work=BBC Sport Wales
    • , title= Swansea 2-0 Stoke , passage=Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool
  • * Spenser
    • Keeping my sheep amongst the coolly shade of the green alders.