-LY suffix – English Grammar Profiler

On the right are the exceptions to the -LY equals an adverb rule.

1 ONLY (JJ) 15190237

2 REALLY (RR) 9725060

3 FAMILY (NN1) 5751119

4 ACTUALLY (RR) 4265923 5 PROBABLY (RR) 3391732 6 ESPECIALLY (RR) 3047727 7 USUALLY (RR) 2937777 8 ONLY (RR) 2915522 9 SIMPLY (RR) 2911174 10 CURRENTLY (RR) 2349421 11 EASILY (RR) 2188743 12 RECENTLY (RR) 2155066

13 QUICKLY (RR) 2131474

14 EARLY (JJ) 1974295

15 FINALLY (RR) 1936423 16 COMPLETELY (RR) 1845349

17 DIRECTLY (RR) 1833444

18 JULY (NPM1) 1675719

19 EXACTLY (RR) 1667619
20 HIGHLY (RR) 1632603

21 LIKELY (JJ) 1597807

22 DEFINITELY (RR) 1594517 23 FULLY (RR) 1526849 24 NEARLY (RR) 1493267 25 GENERALLY (RR) 1482636 26 PARTICULARLY (RR) 1407762 27 CERTAINLY (RR) 1403815 28 IMMEDIATELY (RR) 1316181

29 EXTREMELY (RR) 1278778

30 APPLY (VVI) 1262876

31 TRULY (RR) 1193133 32 CLEARLY (RR) 1117960 33 TYPICALLY (RR) 1085306 34 EVENTUALLY (RR) 1076453 35 SLIGHTLY (RR) 1053876 36 ABSOLUTELY (RR) 1027606 37 PREVIOUSLY (RR) 990925 38 MOSTLY (RR) 977355 39 AUTOMATICALLY (RR) 977353

40 PROPERLY (RR) 939469

41 DAILY (JJ) 936405

42 UNFORTUNATELY (RR) 921838 43 SPECIFICALLY (RR) 914563 44 APPROXIMATELY (RR) 910966 45 BASICALLY (RR) 867062 46 ORIGINALLY (RR) 863339

47 OBVIOUSLY (RR) 859767

48 APPLY (VV0) 855546

49 TOTALLY (RR) 845531

50 EARLY (RR_JJ) 842999

51 NORMALLY (RR) 780736 52 POSSIBLY (RR) 771879 53 PERSONALLY (RR) 755474 54 RELATIVELY (RR) 750469 55 PERFECTLY (RR) 747174

56 FAIRLY (RR) 714947

57 SUPPLY (NN1) 703918

58 EFFECTIVELY (RR) 702961
59 SERIOUSLY (RR) 687828

60 HOLY (JJ) 683289

61 FREQUENTLY (RR) 680368 62 ENTIRELY (RR) 679704 63 REGULARLY (RR) 640985 64 CAREFULLY (RR) 635595 65 ULTIMATELY (RR) 635558 66 SIGNIFICANTLY (RR) 627001 67 HOPEFULLY (RR) 614758 68 CONSTANTLY (RR) 614595 69 SLOWLY (RR) 604747 70 APPARENTLY (RR) 592734

71 SUCCESSFULLY (RR) 582577

72 MONTHLY (JJ) 574813

73 CLOSELY (RR) 563754
74 NATURALLY (RR) 558578

75 LOVELY (JJ) 551154

76 LITERALLY (RR) 548637

77 FRIENDLY (JJ) 545897

78 PRIMARILY (RR) 533975 79 CORRECTLY (RR) 526905 80 NECESSARILY (RR) 519527 81 POTENTIALLY (RR) 516899 82 COMMONLY (RR) 511065 83 INCREDIBLY (RR) 504646 84 LIKELY (RR@) 499673

85 MAINLY (RR) 495922

86 LIKELY (JJ_RR@) 495851

87 ESSENTIALLY (RR) 490412

88 EARLY (JJ_RR) 486802

89 INCREASINGLY (RR) 483338 90 INITIALLY (RR) 483228

91 SUDDENLY (RR) 480857

92 ASSEMBLY (NN1) 480297

93 WIDELY (RR) 457698 94 LARGELY (RR) 454980 95 ADDITIONALLY (RR) 454832 96 GREATLY (RR) 448180 97 RARELY (RR) 429266 98 STRONGLY (RR) 422560

99 EQUALLY (RR) 410544

100 ITALY (NP1)