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==What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?== | ==What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?== | ||
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. They may come before the word they change. | |||
Example: It is a cute dog. | |||
Adjectives may also follow the word they modify: | |||
Example: That cat looks nice. | |||
An adverb is a word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs answer how, when, where, why, or to what extent—how often or how much (e.g., daily, completely). | |||
Examples: | |||
He walks slowly (tells how) | |||
He walks very slowly (the adverb very tells how slowly) | |||
==Adjectives ending in LY== | ==Adjectives ending in LY== |
Revision as of 17:24, 12 December 2016
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. They may come before the word they change. Example: It is a cute dog.
Adjectives may also follow the word they modify: Example: That cat looks nice.
An adverb is a word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs answer how, when, where, why, or to what extent—how often or how much (e.g., daily, completely). Examples: He walks slowly (tells how) He walks very slowly (the adverb very tells how slowly)
Adjectives ending in LY
Here is a list of adjectives that end in -ly and sometimes get mistaken for adverbs:
- Beastly
- Brotherly
- Comely
- Costly
- Cowardly
- Daily (Can also be an adverb)
- Deadly
- Elderly
- Fatherly
- Fortnightly (Can also be an adverb)
- Friendly
- Gentlemanly
- Gentlewomanly
- Ghastly
- Ghostly
- Godly
- Goodly
- Holy
- Homely
- Humanly
- Kingly
- Leisurely
- Likely
- Lively
- Lonely
- Lovely
- Lowly
- Maidenly
- Manly
- Masterly
- Matronly
- Miserly
- Monthly (Can also be an adverb)
- Motherly
- Nightly
- Painterly
- Priestly
- Princely
- Saintly
- Scholarly
- Shapely
- Silly
- Sisterly
- Timely
- Ugly
- Ungainly
- Unruly
- Unsightly
- Unseemly
- Unworldly
- Weekly (Can also be an adverb)
- Womanly
- Worldly
- Yearly (Can also be an adverb)