Adverbs Ending in ELY and Containing EC

This list gathers 93 English adverbs ending in ELY and containing EC, such as Effectively, Precisely, Respectively, Securely, Collectively, Objectively and Selectively. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our verb grammar guide to study adverb placement and -ly formation rules.

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Starts with A
4 words
affectionately
appreciatively
affectively
adjectively
Starts with C
5 words
collectively
consecutively
connectively
correctively
circumspectively
Starts with D
9 words
decisively
deceptively
decoratively
declaratively
defectively
depreciatively
deprecatively
decussately
decursively
Starts with E
5 words
effectively
electively
executively
ejectively
execratively
Starts with H
1 words
hyperspeculatively
Starts with I
14 words
ineffectively
insecurely
imprecisely
indecisively
introspectively
irrespectively
infectively
intersubjectively
imbecilely
imperfectively
invectively
inconsecutively
inappreciatively
intellectively
Starts with N
10 words
nonselectively
nonconsecutively
neuroprotectively
nondeclaratively
nonappreciatively
nonspeculatively
nondeprecatively
noneffectively
nonintrospectively
nondepreciatively
Starts with O
5 words
objectively
overspeculatively
overreflectively
overdecoratively
overappreciatively
Starts with P
12 words
precisely
protectively
prospectively
precipitately
projectively
perfectively
pectinately
perspectively
preclusively
preceptively
pseudoaffectionately
precomprehensively
Starts with R
12 words
respectively
retrospectively
recursively
reflectively
receptively
reclusively
recessively
reconstructively
reclusely
reconditely
recreatively
recollectively
Starts with S
10 words
securely
selectively
subjectively
speculatively
secretively
supereffectively
seclusively
specificatively
semiprotectively
semispeculatively
Starts with U
6 words
unreflectively
unselectively
unappreciatively
unintrospectively
unaffectionately
unprecipitatively

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