![]() ![]() In a few words, like sideways, -ways survives words like clockwise show the transition. Historically, -wise competed with a related form -ways and won out against it. In some cases, the suffix -wise may be used to derive adverbs from nouns. There are also underived adjectives that end in -ly, such as holy and ugly.) The suffix - ly derives from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "like." (Note that some words that end in -ly, such as friendly and lovely, are not adverbs, but adjectives, in which case the root word is usually a noun. For example, great yields greatly, and beautiful yields beautifully. ![]() In English, adverbs of manner (answering the question how?) are often formed by adding -ly to adjectives.
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