Proxima Centauri is about 4.24 ly from the Sun, making it our nearest stellar neighbor.

Proxima Centauri is about 4.24 LY from Earth.

In many classical compounds, ly- appears as an alternative form used before vowels.

Adding -ly to a noun often forms an adjective that behaves like, or has the nature of, what the noun denotes.

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

Ly introduced herself as the new neighbor when she moved into the apartment.

The lyed hides emitted a sharp smell as the tannery worker rinsed them.

She lyed the wool in a lye solution overnight before rinsing it.

She was punished for lying to her classmates about the missing book.

The linguistics professor collected examples of lys from various dialects.