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When -ly is added to adjectives ending with y, this letter is first changed to i. Here are some examples: |
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Adjectives |
Adverbs |
Adjectives |
Adverbs |
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happy |
happily |
lucky |
luckily |
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merry |
merrily |
thirsty |
thirstily |
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hungry |
hungrily |
angry |
angrily |
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clumsy |
clumsily |
haughty |
haughtily |
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hasty |
hastily |
easy |
easily |
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unnecessary |
unnecessarily |
noisy |
noisily |
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busy |
busily |
steady |
steadily |
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ready |
readily |
sleepy |
sleepily |
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crazy |
crazily |
primary |
primarily |
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guilty |
guiltily |
funny |
funnily |
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hearty |
heartily |
voluntary |
voluntarily |
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temporary |
temporarily |
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We do not drop the y with these adjectives. |
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Adjectives |
Adverbs |
Adjectives |
Adverbs |
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shy |
shyly |
coy |
coyly |
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sly |
slyly |
dry |
dryly |
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wry |
wryly |
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Sometimes, we drop the last letter e before adding -ly to these adjectives. Here are some examples: |
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Adjectives |
Adverbs |
Adjectives |
Adverbs |
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sensible |
sensibly |
able |
ably |
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humble |
humbly |
gentle |
gently |
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amicable |
amicably |
single |
singly |
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TRUE |
truly |
possible |
possibly |
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arguable |
arguably |
whole |
wholly |
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miserable |
miserably |
remarkable |
remarkably |
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incredible |
incredibly |
unbelievable |
unbelievably |
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notable |
notably |
understandable |
understandably |
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undeniable |
undeniably |
subtle |
subtly |
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