APPENDIX 8: SPELLING: -ly ADVERBS

USUALLY

word + ly

slow - slowly

careful - carefully

BUT

If adjective with consonant + le (Appendix 4), e --> y

comfortable - comfortably

probable - probably

possible - possibly

simple - simply

If word ends with consonant + y, y --> i + ly

easy - easily

happy - happily

heavy - heavily

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