-ily

English

Etymology

Combination of -y (“adjectival suffix”) + -ly (“adverbial suffix”), with -y changed to -i-.

Suffix

-ily

1. Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.

   greed → greedy → greedily

   noise → noisy → noisily

   fun → funny → funnily

See also

• -ally