English · adverb

slowly

‘in a slow manner’
slow+-lyADV

-ly — adverbialiser

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
slowly
slow+-lyadverbialiser
French
lentement
lente+-mentadverbialiser
Hindi
धीरेdhīre
धीरे
Telugu
నెమ్మదిగాnemmadigā
నెమ్మది+-గాadverbialiser
Tamil
மெதுவாகmetuvāka
மெது+-ஆகadverbialiser

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  1. 01slowly is an English adverb formed from the stem slow with the suffix -ly (adverbialiser).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:en:-ly
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  2. 02Its meaning ('in a slow manner') can be approximated as DEGREE(HAVE(MOVE, SMALL)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French lentement (translation equivalent); Hindi धीरे (dhīre) (translation equivalent); Tamil மெதுவாக (metuvāka) (translation equivalent); Telugu నెమ్మదిగా (nemmadigā) (translation equivalent).1 step
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