-ly

Morpheme

-ly

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “in a manner denoted by”

Etymology

Old English -lic

Evidence

bodily, costly, deadly, earthly, friendly, ghastly, hourly, manly, monthly, stately, ugly, unlikely, womanly, worldly, yearly

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Homographs

Ly, -ly

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