Suffix LY Spelling Rules
Spelling rules for adding –ly to the word
Ly is a suffix that is added at the end of the word. When we add the suffix –ly, some spelling changes take place. It is crucial to know the rules. You will not have spelling mistakes if you follow the spelling rules accurately.
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Add ‘Ly’ to the most words
We add the suffix –ly to most of the words and words that end with consonant. It means we add just –ly at the end without changing anything else.
Word | Suffix word |
Slow | Slowly |
Week | Weekly |
Quick | Quickly |
Friend | Friendly |
Independent | Independently |
Words end in -Y
When a more than one syllable word ends in ‘Y’ and there is a consonant before ‘Y’, we will have to change it into ‘I’ and add the suffix –ly.
Word | Suffix word |
Happy | Happily |
Steady | Steadily |
Easy | Easily |
Necessary | Necessarily |
Greedy | Greedily |
Remember that no changes take place if the word is one syllable. We just add the suffix –ly.
Word | Suffix word |
Shy | Shyly |
Sly | Slyly |
Dry | Dryly |
Exceptions:
Day becomes daily
Gay becomes gaily
When a word ends in ‘Y’ and there is a vowel before ‘Y’, just –ly is added without any other changes.
Word | Suffix word |
Gray | Grayly |
Grey | Greyly |
Coy | Coyly |
Words end in -L
If you have ‘L’ at the end of the word, you need to add –ly as a suffix. You will have double ‘L’ in this case.
Word | Suffix word |
Beautiful | Beautifully |
Careful | Carefully |
Abnormal | Abnormally |
Final | Finally |
Financial | Financially |
Words end in double -L
We have words that end in double ‘L’, in such a case we don’t need to add –ly. We just add ‘Y’.
Word | Suffix word |
Dull | Dully |
Full | Fully |
Shrill | Shrilly |
Sill | Silly |
Words end in -LE
Words ending in ‘LE’ need to be checked if there is consonant before or vowel. If there is a consonant, you need to just change ‘E’ into ‘Y’. You don’t need to add the suffix –ly.
Word | Suffix word |
Favorable | Favorably |
Terrible | Terribly |
Comfortable | Comfortably |
Humble | Humbly |
Possible | Possibly |
If there is vowel before the last letters ‘LE’, then you need to add just –ly.
Word | Suffix word |
Sole | Solely |
Agile | Agilely |
Words end in -IC
With words ending in ‘IC’, we add ‘AL’ before adding the suffix –ly. You can say that ‘ALLY’ is added in this case. There is just one exception that is the word ‘Public’. Public becomes publicly.
Word | Suffix word |
Specific | Specifically |
Basic | Basically |
Enthusiastic | Enthusiastically |
Automatic | Automatically |
Romantic | Romantically |
Words end in -E
If a word ends in ‘E’, we keep it and add –ly. Remember that we have some exceptions. In some cases we drop the last ‘E’ like whole/wholly.
Word | Suffix word |
Nice | Nicely |
Wise | Wisely |
Extreme | Extremely |
Immediate | Immediately |
Sure | Surely |
Words end in -UE
We drop the last ‘E’ if a word ends in ‘UE’ to add the suffix –ly. Most adjectives end in ‘QUE’ and the three letters make a single consonant sound. We keep the letter ‘E’ and add the suffix –ly.
Word | Suffix word |
True | Truly |
Due | Duly |
Unique | Uniquely |
Vague | Vaguely |
Brusque | Brusquely |
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