Friday, March 28, 2014

OF ADVERBS


-- ly, like ; boldly, wisely.
-- long, headlong, sidelong.
-- ward, (-wards), turning to; homeward, backwards, upwards.
-- way, (-ways); straightway, anyway, always.
-- wise, manner, mode ; likewise, otherwise.
Note:- We still feel the force of a few English suffixes. These are:-
-- er, denoting the actor or agent; as driver.
-- hood, indicating rank or condition ; as, boyhood.
-- kin. ling, diminutives, as. lambkin, vearling.
-- ness, ship, th, indicating abstract nouns ; as, loveliness, friendship, truth.
-- en, ful, ish, less, ly, some, ward, y, adjective and adverb, endings ; as, golden, hopeful,
oldish, helpless, manly, lonesome, homeward, mighty.

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