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-ily

-ily

See also: ily, ILY, and ilþ

English

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

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Etymology

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

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