It changes an adjective (a word describing a noun) into an adverb (describing a verb):
e.g.
bad (adj) gives badly (adverb) Bad runners run badly.
smooth (adj) gives smoothly (adv) A smooth iron irons smoothly.
loud (adj) gives loudly (adv) He gave a loud shout and then shouted again, more loudly.
It also changes a noun into an adjective.
eg man (noun) manly (adjective)
other examples:
beast/beastly
god/godly
woman/womanly
world/worldly
earth/earthly
home/homely
friend/friendly
hill/hilly
A suffix is the ending of a word. The suffix of the word, unfortunately, is -ly.
The suffix in promptly is -ly. The -ly changes prompt to an adverb.
in the word completely, ly is a derivational suffix
'-ly' is the suffix in 'absolutely'.
ly is the suffix of easily
-Ly is the suffix in annually. -Ly is a suffix that usually changes words into adverbs.
-Ly is the suffix in annually. -Ly is a suffix that usually changes words into adverbs.
Mente = Mind The suffix -mente is the generally the same as the English suffix -ly
The suffix to incessantly is -ly.
A suffix is the ending of a word. The suffix of the word, unfortunately, is -ly.
The suffix in promptly is -ly. The -ly changes prompt to an adverb.
The suffix for the word "fortunately" is -ly.
Fam-i-ly l \ \ prefix-base-suffix
in the word completely, ly is a derivational suffix
'ly'.
-ly(meaning of or being________.)
The suffix of "lively" is "-ly." "Lively" is the base word, and the suffix "-ly" is added to form the adverb "lively."