ADVERBS ending with the suffix -ly
---- Adverbs are often formed by adding ly to an adjective
slow => slowly beautiful =>
beautifully
Tom has a
slow car
(adj) so he drives
slowly (adv)
This bird is
beautiful and it sings
beautifully
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adjective adverb
nice
nicely
serious seriously
careful
carefully
loud
loudly
quick
quickly
easy
easily change
y to i and add -ly
happy
happily
terrible
terribly
drop 'le' before adding 'ly'
horrible horribly
terrific
terrifically for adjectives ending in 'ic' add 'ally'
economic economically
due duly
silent 'e' is dropped in 'true' 'due ' 'whole'
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tip: not all words ending in -ly are used as adverbs:
friendly, kindly and lonely are adjectives as
well.
----there are some important exceptions:
adjective
adverb
fast
fast
early early
low
low that plane's flying too low
hard
hard 'hardly' is not the abverb from hard, it means 'not much'
he
can hardly walk
late
late 'lately' is not the adverb from late, it means 'recently'
have
you been doing anything interesting lately
good
well the adverb form of good is well
Youki is a good dog / Sarah is a good student
I do not feel very well / Sarah is doing well
at college
---- do not use 'very' with adjectives like excellent , extremely, fantastic
( if something is excellent or perfect there is nothing better, so you can't say very excellent or very perfect)
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