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The suffix -ly in English is usually a contraction of -like, similar to the Anglo-Saxon -lice and German -lich. It is often added to an adjective to form an adverb.

Origin and cognates

Though the origin of the suffix is Germanic, it may now be added to adjectives of Latin origin, as in publicly. The suffix is related to the word like and may descend from an earlier form

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