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Use the suffix -ly when you want to change an adjective to an adverb.

Ex: The girl is beautiful; adjective

The girl spun around beautifully; adverb

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Is vacant an adjective or an adverb?

It is an adjective. To use it as an adverb, you would add -LY (vacantly).


Is coldly an adjective?

No, it is not an adjective. It is an adverb. Note the -ly at the end.


How can you describe an adverb?

It's an adjective ending in 'ly' adjective + verb


Is anxiously an adjective?

No it is not. It is an adverb, formed by adding -LY to the adjective anxious.


Is bubbly an adverb?

No, it is an adjective despite the -ly.


How can you change notice into an adjective?

Noticeably. Correct me if I'm wrong, that's what I thought it was.Noticeably ends with -ly and is an adverb. For the adjective form, you should use noticeable.


What is a suffix of leisurely?

leisures


How do you change leisure in adverb by adding ly?

The word leisure is a noun and an adjective. By adding the -ly to the end, it becomes an adverb, a word that modifies a verb or an adjective. Example use of the adverb:We leisurely ate our lunch in the park before returning to work.


Is the word tentatively an adjective?

No. Tentatively is an adverb formed from the adjective tentative by adding -ly.


Is the word friendly an adjective?

Yes. Nearly anything that ends with the suffix "-ly" is an adjective.


In the word quickly -ly is a?

Ly is added at the end of a word so that makes it a suffix. Words that end in 'ly' are adverbs, or verb modifiers. Often, 'ly' can be added on to the adjective form of a word. For example, "quick" is an adjective, but add 'ly' and you get "quickly" which tells you how something was done. "I read the book quickly." How did you read the book? Quickly.


Is intrinsically an adjective?

No. It is an adverb (because it ends in "ly").