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In English, there are many adjectives that end in "'''-ly'''" and yet are not adverbs.  
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.
As many '''adverbs''' often end in -ly, '''adjectives''' ending in -ly can easily get mistaken for adverbs.
==Adjectives ending in -ly==
==Adjectives ending in -ly==
Here is a list of common adjectives ending in -ly:   
Here is a list of common adjectives ending in -ly:   
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==What is an adjective?==
==What is an adjective?==
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. Adjectives may come before the word they change.
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."


Adjectives may also follow the word they modify:
Adjectives may also '''follow''' the word they modify:
*Example: "That cat looks nice."
*Example: "That cat looks nice."


==What is an adverb?==
==What is an adverb?==
An adverb is a word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.  
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).
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)
*Examples: "He walks slowly" (tells how)


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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 :  
You need to use '''a different structure''' like in the example below :  


*'''lovely''' becomes '''in a lovely way'''.
*'''lovely''' becomes '''in a lovely way'''.

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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
  • 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
  • Greatly
  • Holy
  • Homely
  • Humanly
  • Kingly
  • Leisurely
  • Lively
  • Lonely
  • Lovely
  • Maidenly
  • Manly
  • Masterly
  • Matronly
  • Miserly
  • Monthly
  • Motherly
  • Nightly
  • Painterly
  • Poorly
  • Portly
  • Priestly
  • Princely
  • Saintly
  • Scholarly
  • Shapely
  • Silly
  • Sisterly
  • Stately
  • Timely
  • Ugly
  • Ungainly
  • Unruly
  • Unsightly
  • Unseemly
  • Unworldly
  • Vastly
  • Weekly
  • Womanly
  • Worldly
  • Yearly

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)

How to change an adjective ending in -ly into an adverb?

Many adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding the ending -ly:

  • beautiful becomes beautifully
  • bad become badly


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.

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