Ruly

Morpheme

Ruly

Type

free base

Denotation

neat, orderly

Etymology

from rule + -ly; Middle English ruly, reuly, reuli, reuleli, rewly, from reule, rewle, rule and reulen, rulen; Old French riule; Anglo-Norman reule; Latin regula and regulāre

Evidence

disruly, misruly, rulier, ruliest, ruly, unrulier, unruliest, unruly

See Also

Rule, -ly, -ly