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In English, there are many adjectives that end in "'''-ly'''" and yet are not adverbs. | |||
As many '''adverbs''' often end in -ly, '''adjectives''' ending in -ly can easily get mistaken for adverbs. | |||
==Adjectives ending in -ly== | |||
Here is a '''list of common adjectives ending in -ly''': | |||
*Beastly | |||
*Costly | |||
*Cowardly | |||
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*Crassly | *Crassly | ||
* | *Daily (Can also be an adverb) | ||
*Deadly | |||
*Early | |||
*Elderly | |||
*Enormously | |||
*Fatherly | |||
* | *Fortnightly (Can also be an adverb) | ||
* | *Friendly | ||
* | *Gangly | ||
* | *Gentlemanly | ||
*Ghastly | |||
* | *Ghostly | ||
* | *Godly | ||
*Goodly | |||
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*Greatly | *Greatly | ||
* | *Heavenly | ||
*Holy | |||
*Homely | |||
*Humanly | |||
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*Kingly | *Kingly | ||
*Leisurely | |||
*Lively | |||
*Lonely | |||
*Lovely | |||
*Maidenly | |||
*Manly | |||
*Masterly | |||
*Matronly | |||
*Miserly | |||
*Monthly | |||
*Motherly | |||
*Nightly | |||
*Painterly | |||
*Poorly | |||
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*Portly | *Portly | ||
* | *Priestly | ||
* | *Princely | ||
* | *Saintly | ||
* | *Scholarly | ||
*Shapely | |||
*Silly | |||
*Sisterly | |||
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*Stately | *Stately | ||
* | *Timely | ||
*Ugly | |||
*Ungainly | |||
*Unruly | |||
*Unsightly | |||
*Unseemly | |||
*Unworldly | |||
*Vastly | |||
*Weekly | |||
*Womanly | |||
*Worldly | |||
*Yearly | |||
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==What is an adjective?== | ==What is an adjective?== | ||
An adjective is a word that '''modifies a | An adjective is a word that '''modifies a noun'''. Adjectives may come '''before''' the word they change. | ||
*Example: "It is a cute dog." | *Example: "It is a cute dog." | ||
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*'''beautiful''' becomes '''beautifully''' | *'''beautiful''' becomes '''beautifully''' | ||
*'''bad''' become '''badly''' | *'''bad''' become '''badly''' | ||
However, '''adjectives ending in -ly cannot be turned into adverbs by adding -ly.''' | However, '''adjectives ending in -ly cannot be turned into adverbs by adding -ly.''' | ||
You need to use '''a different structure''' like in the example below : | |||
*'''lovely''' becomes '''in a lovely way'''. | *'''lovely''' becomes '''in a lovely way'''. | ||
==Authors== | ==Authors== | ||
[https://polyglotclub.com/member/m7mdnasser m7mdnasser] | |||
[https://polyglotclub.com/member/_Julitka_ _Julitka_] | |||
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[[Category:English/Grammar]] | [[Category:English/Grammar]] | ||