-ily

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See also: ily, ILY, and ʼily

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Suffix[edit]

-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[edit]

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