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