Many adverbs end in 'ly' (slowly, eventually, neatly), and some adjectives (friendly, silly, lonely). How many nouns can you think of?
2007-01-03 16:02:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Nouns ending in -ly (a preferred list) ally anomaly assembly belly bully dolly doily family fly gully hillbilly holly homily jelly lily monopoly panoply potbelly rally reply supply tally underbelly
Nouns ending in -ly (paradigmatic lists) the flies
barfly blowfly botfly butterfly dragonfly firefly gadfly horsefly mayfly medfly etc.
2007-01-03 16:13:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Words Ending In Ly
2016-11-07 09:15:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nouns do not end in ly typically, unless an asverb or adjective is a person (name), place or thing.
2007-01-03 16:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by fitlady67 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alley,Sally, Billy,Dolly,Elly,Jilly, Kelly, Molly, Milly, Nelly, Polly, Sally, Tilly,Willy,=14 that ought to be enough.
2007-01-03 16:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do Billy, Holly, Kelly, and Sally count????
Names are nouns.
2007-01-03 16:11:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
family, homily, anomaly, billy (Australian slang for a can they boil water in),
2007-01-03 16:11:25 · answer #6 · answered by terry b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋