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In this lesson, we will explain the difference between a verb 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. They 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
- 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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