http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsPunsJokes/Forum15.htmWhere an utterly useless word is submitted on a regular basis– and now we've thrown in a pun and a joke.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#915075Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:50:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:915075Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#915075http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-915075.xmlthe dog was lonely.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#797785Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:22:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:797785Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#797785http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-797785.xmli need to know what adverbs that where adjectives before 'ly' was addedhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#792635Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:03:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:792635Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#792635http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-792635.xmlYes, Alexandra. Some adjectives end in the suffux -ly. Check this site. you'll get a lot you can use. http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/vocabulary/lyadjs.htmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#567627Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:567627Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#567627http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-567627.xmlFriendly She is friendly She behaves in a friendly way. ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#279519Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:279519Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#279519http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-279519.xmladverbs againhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#202360Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202360Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#202360http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-202360.xmli've recently encountered an interesting quandary that has been driving me up the wall ever since i started trying to solve it. the word "cowardly": what is it? all the dictionaries say it is an adjective AND an adverb, but all evidence points to only adjective. A few examples: to act cowardly is correct, but in that case "cowardly" is a predicate adjective. it's describing you, by way of the linking verb "act" to run cowardly is wrong, so it can't be used as an adjective in the direct sense. take the synonym of cowardly, pusillanimous, and put it in the same sentences to act pusillanimous- "pusillanimous" is obviously not an adverb. it is not in any use. to run pusillanimous- this is wrong as well same...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#189334Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189334Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#189334http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-189334.xmlhey buddy, move farther Cmon !!!! each one of us is more or less just adding to the basket but wht is to be done is actually discuss their usage when ,how,where etc.............only then can we make this discussion of ours meaningfull........... hope u l take my word by your mouth.C u in a better discussion . thnx devshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#188999Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188999Murasaki7http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#188999http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-188999.xmlPS. fortnightly as in my fortnightly rent amounts to $***http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#188996Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188996Murasaki8http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/3/mzb/Post.htm#188996http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-188996.xmlNyef, did you leave out sisterly on purpose? And let me add heavenlyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#187661Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:187661Nyef9http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#187661http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-187661.xmlHere's a big list I've been working on (in addition to the last two, posted by Sandykins): costly neighborly hourly daily weekly monthly yearly mostly portly sickly poorly wifely homely miserly friendly manly brotherly motherly fatherly deadly kindly kingly lovelyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#181057Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:181057Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#181057http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-181057.xmlI just want to ask you if you know the difference between adjectives and adverbs. It seems that you can not differentiate the two of them. Just asking!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#143055Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:143055pieanne11http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#143055http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-143055.xmlMind your spelling, Anon! It's "purposely", "certainly" and "uncertainly". Besides, all these (I mean all of them) are adverbs ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#143045Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:143045Anonymous12http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#143045http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-143045.xmlhere are some for u : perposly' usually gradually sertantly unsertantlyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#143044Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:143044Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#143044http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-143044.xmlhi i have just read yours and i would like to say thank you that has helped me with a compition at school we r aloud to use internet for it though but you may not of recognized you used 4 words not just 2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#12891Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:12891Elena14http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#12891http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-12891.xmlThis is a link for this -ly adjectival addiction http://www.sru.edu/depts/cisba/compsci/dailey/words/lys.htmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#12875Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:12875Guest15http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#12875http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-12875.xmlIt was an ugly storyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#12327Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:12327Orpheus16http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#12327http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-12327.xmlHi Sandykins, welcome to the forums. To add to the list: deadly, likely, lively, lonely, sillyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#11806Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11806Sandykins17http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/2/mzb/Post.htm#11806http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-11806.xmlMy husband and I were just having this discussion (he's Swedish and I'm American) and we came up with 2 more. He was constantly saying things like "That was very coward.". I finally brought it up to him tonight that I thought that was wrong. He assumed that it was right because it followed the rules of grammar and that the -ly is only given to adverbs. So, here they are: cowardly dastardlyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#8788Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8788Orpheus18http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#8788http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-8788.xmlhmm, they are not adjectives, Alexanndra. They are adverbs.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#8734Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8734alexanndra19http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#8734http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-8734.xmlOK, here are some: She laughed loudly. I finished quickly. We ate slowly. I sat quietly. Etc....http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5499Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5499maj20http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5499http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-5499.xmlYou are right it is an adverbial phrase.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5496Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5496kitkattail21http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5496http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-5496.xml"In a friendly way" is an adverbial phrase; "friendly" is still an adjective modifying "way."http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5495Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5495maj22http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5495http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-5495.xml" In a friendly way" an adjective since when?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5473Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5473kitkattail23http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5473http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-5473.xmlAgain, it's an adjective in both sentences.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5456Fri, 22 May 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:5456Pemmican24http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#5456http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-5456.xmlfriendly: She is a friendly person. She smiled at me in a friendly way.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#4043Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:4043kitkattail25http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htm#4043http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-4043.xmlIt's not an adverb in the second sentence; it's merely an adjective used in an adverbial phrase. Sorry to disappoint you. :(http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htmThu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:3554maj26http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsAdjectivesLy/mzb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-3554.xmlSome adjectives ending in ly are used as adverbs like this: -lovely. She is lovely. (adjective) -in a lovely way. She behaves in a lovely way.(adverb) Can you think of anymore adjectives that follow this pattern when adverbs? Please use them in a sentence.