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

In English, there are many adjectives that end in "-ly" and yet are not adverbs.

Here they are:

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)

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)

Author

m7mdnasser