Word part · Anglo-Saxon suffix
The Anglo-Saxon suffix -ly
Means: in a certain way.
At a glance
- Part
- -ly
- Meaning
- in a certain way
- Layer
- Anglo-Saxon: Short everyday words, compounds and the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Most -ly words tell how an action is done: walk slowly, speak softly.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- quick (root or base)+ly (suffix)→quickly
in a quick way
- slow (root or base)+ly (suffix)→slowly
in a slow way
- soft (root or base)+ly (suffix)→softly
in a soft way
- care (root or base)+ful (suffix)+ly (suffix)→carefully
in a way that is full of care
- happy (root or base)+ly (suffix)→happily
in a happy way
happy + ly: change y to i → happily
- easy (root or base)+ly (suffix)→easily
in an easy way
easy + ly: change y to i → easily
- bi (prefix)+week (root or base)+ly (suffix)→biweekly
every two weeks
- bi (prefix)+month (root or base)+ly (suffix)→bimonthly
every two months
- kind (root or base)+ly (suffix)→kindly
in a kind way
- glad (root or base)+ly (suffix)→gladly
in a glad way; happy to do it
- thank (root or base)+ful (suffix)+ly (suffix)→thankfully
in a way that is full of thanks
- uni (prefix)+form (root or base)+ly (suffix)→uniformly
in one same way all through
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