-ily

suffix

Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.

“fun → funny → funnily”

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Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.

    fun → funny → funnily

    2 more examples

    greed → greedy → greedily

    noise → noisy → noisily

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

-ily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ily

MLA

“-ily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ily. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ily.

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