-ly meaning

EN[li]

W-ly

The suffix -ly in English is usually a contraction of -like,
Though the origin of the suffix is Germanic, it may now be added to adjectives of Latin origin,
When the suffix is added to a word ending in y, the y changes to an i before the suffix,

-ly

Suffix
1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun".
  1. friendly

Meaning of -ly for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "-ly" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Morphemes
  - Suffixes
    - Adjective-forming suffixes
    - Adverb-forming suffixes

Difficultness: Level 7

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Definiteness: Level 7

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