Etymology of the English suffix -ly

Derivations in English

verily, possibly, sprightly, absently, absolutely, admittedly, aesthetically, allegedly, allowedly, amply, anciently, animally, anticly, bastardly, beggarly, blackly, blankly, butcherly, capitally, charily, cheerly, comradely, constitutionally, consumedly, continently, cousinly, creaturely, crossly, currently, dastardly, daughterly, definitely, deservedly, designedly, deucedly, ducally, eastwardly, economically, elderly, elliptically, englishly, eventually, exactly, extremely, fairily, fatly, firstly, fitly, formerly, fortnightly, fourthly, frankly, frequently, friarly, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, handily, handsomely, haphazardly, hopefully, horsily, hostly, humanly, icily, ideally, illy, incidentally, incontinently, individually, intravenously, inversely, laggardly, latterly, literally, lonely, loverly, lubberly, luckily, matronly, mentally, messily, midweekly, minutely, miserly, momentarily, momently, monthly, mostly, nasally, nearly, neighborly, niggardly, nominally, normally, northwesterly, obliquely, ordinarily, originally, painterly, partly, passably, practically, presumably, primarily, primely, princely, probably, professedly, publicly, purposely, popularly, positively, quakerly, queenly, radically, rarely, rascally, redly, regularly, relatively, reputedly, residually, respectively, rosily, saintly, scholarly, scraggly, seriously, showily, sightly, signally, silverly, sisterly, slatternly, slovenly, sluggardly, soldierly, solely, southeastwardly, southernly, southwardly, southwestwardly, squarely, strictly, summarily, tenthly, terribly, totally, uncommonly, warily, weatherly, westwardly, widely, wizardly, thusly, antiseptically, confessedly, kissingly, organically, reportedly, resultingly, accordingly, angerly, briefly, certainly, chiefly, deliverly, doubly, entirely, equally, especially, evidently, expressly, fairly, finally, fondly, gaily, generally, happily, hardily, jointly, justly, kingly, largely, lowly, madly, meetly, morally, motley, outwardly, overtly, personally, presently, principally, privily, scarcely, secondly, severally, universally, utterly