-ily

See also: ily and ILY

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ily

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

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