4. Adjectives ending in le Adverb of Manner favorably humbly simply Adjective favorable humble simple When the adjective ends in le preceded by a consonant , the final e is usually changed to y , to form the ly ending. For example: Adverb of Manner agilely solely Adjective agile sole When the adjective ends in le preceded by a vowel , in most cases, ly is simply added to the positive form of the adjective. For example: Adverb of Manner wholly Adjective whole However, in the case of the adjective whole , the final e is removed before the ending ly is added:
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6. Adjectives ending in y busily easily happily busy easy happy When the adjective ends in y preceded by a consonant , the y is usually changed to i before the ending ly is added. For example: shyly slyly shy sly However, in the case of the adjectives shy and sly , ly is simply added to the positive form of the adjective: coyly greyly coy grey When the adjective ends in y preceded by a vowel , in most cases, ly is simply added to the positive form of the adjective. For example: gaily gay However, in the case of the adjective gay , y is changed to i before the ending ly is added:
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8. The following tables give examples of adverbs of manner, location, time and frequency which do not end in -ly. well fast hard little loud or loudly much straight good fast hard little loud much straight Adverb of Manner Adjective far high low near wide far high low near wide Adverb of Location Adjective early first late long early first late long Adverb of Time Adjective daily monthly weekly yearly daily monthly weekly yearly Adverb of Frequency Adjective
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10. Adverbs With and Without ly Endings with effort opposite of low opposite of early opposite of far opposite of narrow hard high late near wide Meaning Adverb scarcely very; very well recently almost commonly hardly highly lately nearly widely Meaning Adverb
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