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Bookmark or Share- ly, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English DictionaryThere is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun ly. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
- -ly - Wiktionary, the free dictionary-ly (comparative-lyere, superlative-lyest) Used to form adverbs from adjectives, and nouns; the adverbs having the sense of "in the manner of what is denoted by the adjective/noun". Optionally appended to adverbs without suffixes with no change to the meaning.
- -LY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com-ly definition: a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. See examples of -LY used in a sentence.
- -ly | Etymology of suffix -ly by etymonlinelate 14c., "unconditionally, completely," from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "without reference to anything else, not relatively;" the meaning "to the utmost degree" emerged by mid-16c. As a colloquial emphatic, by 1867, American English.
- Ly- Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websteradjective suffix. lē; in some dialects, especially British, Southern, New England, often but not shown at individual entries li. 1. : like in appearance, manner, or nature : having the characteristics of. queenly. fatherly. 2. : characterized by regular recurrence in (specified) units of time : every.
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