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Noting the exceptions

The following words end in ‘ly’ but they are adjectives:

friendly kindly leisurely lonely lovely

To make them into adverbs you should change the ‘y’ to an
‘i’ and then add ‘ly’.

friendlily kindlily leisurelily lonelily lovelily

The words are rather clumsy so they are rarely used and
today the adjective is often accepted as an adverb as well. It
is better to use another word or change your sentence so you
can use the adjective. Instead of:

The nurse behavedkindlily to the patient.
It would be better to say:

The nurse behaved in a kindly manner towards the

patient.

Here are two more examples;

She walkedleisurelily through the woods.

She took aleisurely walk through the woods.

He gesturedfriendlily to his partner.

He made afriendly gesture towards his partner.

When adjectives ending in ‘ic’ are made into adverbs, ‘ally’ is
added instead of just ‘ly’.

ecstatic ecstatically enthusiastic enthusiastically

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