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-ily

-ily suffix: forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.

Suffix

-ily

  1. Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.
    • greed → greedy → greedily
    • noise → noisy → noisily

Origin of -ily

Combination of -y (“adjectival suffix”) + -ly (“adverbial suffix”), with -y changed to -i-.

Questions about -ily

What does -ily mean?
-ily means forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.
What part of speech is -ily?
-ily is a suffix.

Words near -ily in the dictionary

  1. -ikin
  2. -ile
  3. -ilide
  4. -illiard
  5. -illion
  6. -ily
  7. -im
  8. -imal
  9. -ime
  10. -imibe
  11. -imundo

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