-ly

IPA(Pronunciation)

/li/

morpheme

Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.

Japanese Meaning

形容詞や名詞から副詞を作るための接尾辞

By adding -ly to an adjective like 'happy', you can form the adverb 'happily'.

「happy」のような形容詞に副詞化の接尾辞を付けることで、副詞「happily」を作ることができます。

Sense（1）

Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.

sudden + -ly → suddenly