Collins Cobuild English Grammar (207 page)

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R142
  With
full
and
dull
, you just add
y
.
full
fully
dull
dully
R143
  Note that
ly
is not generally added to adjectives ending in
ed
to form adverbs. However, here is a list of adverbs that are formed in this way:
absent-mindedly
admittedly
allegedly
assuredly
belatedly
blessedly
contentedly
crookedly
decidedly
dejectedly
delightedly
deservedly
determinedly
distractedly
doggedly
exaggeratedly
excitedly
fixedly
frenziedly
guardedly
half-heartedly
heatedly
hurriedly
light-heartedly
markedly
pointedly
repeatedly
reportedly
reputedly
resignedly
single-handedly
supposedly
undoubtedly
unexpectedly
unhurriedly
wholeheartedly
wickedly
R144
  A few adverbs that end in
ly
are related to nouns.

These include some time adverbs.

day
daily
fortnight
fortnightly
hour
hourly
month
monthly
quarter
quarterly
week
weekly
year
yearly

Note the spelling of
daily
. These words are also themselves used as adjectives. Other adverbs related to nouns are shown below.

name
namely
part
partly
purpose
purposely
body
bodily

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