English suffix

-ly

adverbialiser

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

ADJ

Status

Establisheddraft

oed

Words built with -ly

quickly
in a fast manner
quick+-ly
slowly
in a slow manner
slow+-ly
carefully
with care
care+-ful+-ly

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

this affix: -ly

    French

    • -ment
      register-matched functional equivalent

    Hindi

    Telugu

    • -గా
      register-matched functional equivalent

    Tamil

    • -ஆக
      register-matched functional equivalent