Adverbs Ending in ELY and Containing OS

Browse 61 valid English adverbs ending in ELY and containing OS, from Closely, Positively, Loosely, Purposely, Retrospectively, Prospectively and Morosely to rarer terms. Check definitions and spelling below, or visit our verb grammar guide to study adverb placement and -ly formation rules.

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Starts with A
2 words
appositely
appositively
Starts with B
1 words
bellicosely
Starts with C
10 words
closely
corrosively
comatosely
compositely
costively
cymosely
corymbosely
cespitosely
caespitosely
cognoscitively
Starts with D
1 words
dispositively
Starts with E
4 words
explosively
expositively
expostulatively
erosely
Starts with F
2 words
farinosely
favosely
Starts with G
2 words
grandiosely
globosely
Starts with H
1 words
hostilely
Starts with I
3 words
introspectively
inappositely
implosively
Starts with J
1 words
jocosely
Starts with L
2 words
loosely
lachrymosely
Starts with M
2 words
morosely
magnetostrictively
Starts with N
3 words
nonproscriptively
nonintrospectively
nonsuppositively
Starts with O
4 words
oppositely
ostensively
otiosely
operosely
Starts with P
10 words
positively
purposely
prospectively
possessively
postoperatively
purposively
proscriptively
postpositively
prepositively
plumosely
Starts with R
6 words
retrospectively
roseately
rugosely
racemosely
ramosely
rimosely
Starts with S
4 words
suppositively
scabrosely
spinosely
squamosely
Starts with U
2 words
unintrospectively
unproscriptively
Starts with V
1 words
verbosely

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