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Formation of adverbs:
As the examples above show, many adverbs are formed by adding the ending -ly to an
adjective. Adverbs can be formed from many adjectives in this manner; that includes many
participles.
Examples: (adjective / adverb) New / newly, continuous / continuously, recent / recently,
Adjectives ending in -ful form adverbs ending in -fully: careful / carefully,
Adjectives ending in -y form adverbs ending in -ily : happy / happily,
Participial adjectives :
Surprising / surprisingly, disgusting / disgustingly, decided / decidedly
There are a few exceptions to this principle:
2.2 Adjectives and adverbs with identical forms
Here are the eight most common adjective/adverb pairs that share identical forms :