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ily ILY ʼily
English
Etymology
Combination of en -y adjectival suffix + en -ly adverbial suffix, with -y changed to -i-.
Suffix
Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with en -y.
en greed → greedy → greedily
en noise → noisy → noisily
en fun → funny → funnily
Derived terms
en
See also
en -ally