Language/English/Grammar/Adjectives-ending-in-ly

In this lesson, we will explain the difference between an adjective and an adverb. We will then list the adjectives ending in "ly" and often mistaken for adverbs.

What is an adjective?

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun.

Adjectives 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."

What is an adverb?

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)

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
• Poorly
• 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)

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