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In English, as many '''adverbs''' often end in -ly, '''adjectives''' ending in -ly can easily get mistaken for adverbs.


In English, there are many adjectives that end in "'''-ly'''" and yet are not adverbs.  
In the list below you will find many adjectives ending in -ly (a few of them can be both adjectives and 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
As a general rule:
*Costly
*words deriving from <code>[adjective] + -ly</code> are adverbs
*Cowardly
*while words deriving from <code>[noun] + -ly</code> are adjectives
 
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==List of adjectives ending in -ly==
===A===
*authorly
 
===B===
*beastly
*bodily
*bristly
*brotherly
*bubbly
*burly
===C===
*chilly
*comely
*costly
*courtly
*cowardly
*Crassly
*Crassly
*Daily (Can also be an adverb)
*crinkly
*Deadly
*crumbly
*Early
*cuddly
*Elderly
*curly
*Enormously
===D===
*Fatherly
*daily (Can also be an adverb)
*Fortnightly (Can also be an adverb)
*dastardly
*Friendly
*deadly
*Gangly
*deathly
*Gentlemanly
*disorderly
*Ghastly
===E===
*Ghostly
*early
*Godly
*earthly
*Goodly
*easterly
*elderly
 
===F===
*fatherly
*fortnightly (Can also be an adverb)
*friendly
*frilly
===G===
*gangly
*gentlemanly
*ghastly
*ghostly
*giggly
*godly
*goodly
*gravelly
*Greatly
*Greatly
*Heavenly
*grisly
*Holy
 
*Homely
===H===
*Humanly
*heavenly
*hilly
*holy
*homely
*hourly
*housekeeperly
*humanly
*husbandly
===J===
*jolly
===K===
*kindly
*kingly
*Kingly
*Kingly
*Leisurely
===L===
*Lively
*leisurely
*Lonely
*likely
*Lovely
*lively
*Maidenly
*logically
*Manly
*lonely
*Masterly
*lovely
*Matronly
*lowly
*Miserly
*luckily
*Monthly
 
*Motherly
===M===
*Nightly
*maidenly
*Painterly
*manly
*Poorly
*mannerly
*masterly
*matronly
*mealy
*measly
*melancholy
*miserly
*monthly (Can also be an adverb)
*motherly
===N===
*neighborly
*nightly
*northeasterly
*northerly
*northwesterly
===O===
*oily
*only
*orderly
*otherworldly
===P===
*painterly
*pearly
*pebbly
*pimply
*poorly
*Portly
*Portly
*Priestly
*priestly
*Princely
*princely
*Saintly
*premeditatedly
*Scholarly
*physically
*Shapely
 
*Silly
===Q===
*Sisterly
*quarterly
*queenly
===R===
*rumply
===S===
*saintly
*scaly
*scholarly
*shapely
*sickly
*silly
*sisterly
*slatternly
*slovenly
*sly
*smelly
*southerly
*sparkly
*spindly
*sprightly
*squiggly
*stately
*Stately
*Stately
*Timely
*steely
*Ugly
*surly
*Ungainly
*swiftly (can also be an adverb)
*Unruly
 
*Unsightly
===T===
*Unseemly
*timely
*Unworldly
*treacly
*Vastly
===U===
*Weekly
*ugly
*Womanly
*unearthly
*Worldly
*unfriendly
*Yearly
*ungainly
*unlikely
*unruly
*unseemly
*unsightly
*untimely
*unworldly
===V===
*vastly
===W===
*weekly (Can also be an adverb)
*westerly
*wifely
*wily
*wobbly
*womanly
*woolly
*worldly
*wriggly
*wrinkly
===Y===
*yearly (can also be an adverb)


==What is an adjective?==
==What is an adjective?==
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==Sources==
https://polyglotclub.com/language/english/question/35524





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In English, as many adverbs often end in -ly, adjectives ending in -ly can easily get mistaken for adverbs.

In the list below you will find many adjectives ending in -ly (a few of them can be both adjectives and adverbs).


As a general rule:

  • words deriving from [adjective] + -ly are adverbs
  • while words deriving from [noun] + -ly are adjectives


List of adjectives ending in -ly

A

  • authorly

B

  • beastly
  • bodily
  • bristly
  • brotherly
  • bubbly
  • burly

C

  • chilly
  • comely
  • costly
  • courtly
  • cowardly
  • Crassly
  • crinkly
  • crumbly
  • cuddly
  • curly

D

  • daily (Can also be an adverb)
  • dastardly
  • deadly
  • deathly
  • disorderly

E

  • early
  • earthly
  • easterly
  • elderly

F

  • fatherly
  • fortnightly (Can also be an adverb)
  • friendly
  • frilly

G

  • gangly
  • gentlemanly
  • ghastly
  • ghostly
  • giggly
  • godly
  • goodly
  • gravelly
  • Greatly
  • grisly

H

  • heavenly
  • hilly
  • holy
  • homely
  • hourly
  • housekeeperly
  • humanly
  • husbandly

J

  • jolly

K

  • kindly
  • kingly
  • Kingly

L

  • leisurely
  • likely
  • lively
  • logically
  • lonely
  • lovely
  • lowly
  • luckily

M

  • maidenly
  • manly
  • mannerly
  • masterly
  • matronly
  • mealy
  • measly
  • melancholy
  • miserly
  • monthly (Can also be an adverb)
  • motherly

N

  • neighborly
  • nightly
  • northeasterly
  • northerly
  • northwesterly

O

  • oily
  • only
  • orderly
  • otherworldly

P

  • painterly
  • pearly
  • pebbly
  • pimply
  • poorly
  • Portly
  • priestly
  • princely
  • premeditatedly
  • physically

Q

  • quarterly
  • queenly

R

  • rumply

S

  • saintly
  • scaly
  • scholarly
  • shapely
  • sickly
  • silly
  • sisterly
  • slatternly
  • slovenly
  • sly
  • smelly
  • southerly
  • sparkly
  • spindly
  • sprightly
  • squiggly
  • stately
  • Stately
  • steely
  • surly
  • swiftly (can also be an adverb)

T

  • timely
  • treacly

U

  • ugly
  • unearthly
  • unfriendly
  • ungainly
  • unlikely
  • unruly
  • unseemly
  • unsightly
  • untimely
  • unworldly

V

  • vastly

W

  • weekly (Can also be an adverb)
  • westerly
  • wifely
  • wily
  • wobbly
  • womanly
  • woolly
  • worldly
  • wriggly
  • wrinkly

Y

  • yearly (can also be an adverb)

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.

Authors

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Sources

https://polyglotclub.com/language/english/question/35524