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-ly
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| -ly1 | |
| —suffix forming adjectives | |
| 1. | having the nature or qualities of: brotherly; godly |
| 2. | occurring at certain intervals; every: daily; yearly |
| [Old English -lic] | |
| -ly2 | |
| —suffix forming adverbs | |
| in a certain manner; to a certain degree: quickly; recently; chiefly | |
| [Old English -lice, from -lic | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
-ly
suffix forming adjectives from nouns, "having qualities of, appropriate to, fitting," irregularly descended from O.E. -lic, from P.Gmc. *-liko- (cf. O.Fris. -lik, Du. -lijk, O.H.G. -lih, Ger. -lich, O.N. -ligr), related to *likom- "appearance, form" (cf. O.E. lich "corpse, body;" see
EXPAND-ly
adv. ending, from O.E. -lice, from P.Gmc. *-liko- (cf. O.Fris. -like, O.S. -liko, Du. -lijk, O.H.G. -licho, Ger. -lich, O.N. -liga, Goth. -leiko); see -ly (1). Cognate with lich, and identical with like (adj.).
"It is curious that Teut[onic] uses 'body' for the adv. formation, while Rom[anic] uses 'mind,' e.g. F. constamment = L. constanti mente." [Weekley]The modern English form emerged in late M.E., probably from influence of O.N. -liga.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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