Adverbs Ending in LY and Containing EF

Explore 159 verified English adverbs ending in LY and containing EF, including Liefly, Definitely, Carefully, Effectively, Hopefully, Briefly and Efficiently. Browse these modifying words for manner, time, place, and degree below, or study adverb placement and -ly formation rules in our verb grammar guide.

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Starts with B
10 words
briefly
beneficially
balefully
beneficently
befittingly
barefacedly
beefily
banefully
blamefully
brieflessly
Starts with C
6 words
carefully
chiefly
closefistedly
changefully
chancefully
coefficiently
Starts with D
23 words
definitely
defiantly
deftly
definitively
defensively
disgracefully
dolefully
distastefully
deferentially
defenselessly
definitionally
definably
defensibly
deficiently
defeatedly
defectively
despitefully
direfully
defeasibly
deformedly
defamatorily
devicefully
defacingly
Starts with E
16 words
effectively
efficiently
effortlessly
effectually
effusively
efficaciously
effortfully
effervescently
effeminately
easefully
effulgently
effetely
efferently
effervescingly
excusefully
expensefully
Starts with F
3 words
forcefully
fatefully
forefeelingly
Starts with G
4 words
gracefully
gratefully
gleefully
guilefully
Starts with H
4 words
hopefully
hatefully
heftily
hastefully
Starts with I
17 words
indefinitely
ineffectively
ineffectually
inefficiently
indefensibly
ineffably
irrefutably
indefinably
indefatigably
indefeasibly
ineffaceably
inefficaciously
irefully
irrefragably
irrefrangibly
indefectibly
irreformably
Starts with L
2 words
leftwardly
liefly
Starts with M
2 words
musefully
malefically
Starts with N
7 words
nefariously
nonpreferentially
nondeferentially
noneffectively
nonpurposefully
noneffervescently
nonefficaciously
Starts with O
3 words
overcarefully
overdeferentially
overreflectively
Starts with P
11 words
peacefully
preferably
purposefully
preferentially
pridefully
prefatorily
prefiguratively
prefatorially
pausefully
prefixally
presagefully
Starts with R
19 words
refreshingly
ruefully
reflexively
reflectively
resourcefully
remorsefully
referentially
revengefully
reflexly
refinedly
refutably
reflectingly
refulgently
reposefully
refractively
rebukefully
refreshfully
refractorily
reflexologically
Starts with S
9 words
shamefully
spitefully
shamefacedly
suspensefully
stupefyingly
surefootedly
supereffectively
shamefastly
spritefully
Starts with T
3 words
tastefully
tunefully
theftuously
Starts with U
13 words
usefully
ungratefully
undefinably
unreflectively
unremorsefully
ungracefully
unreflectingly
unbefittingly
unhopefully
untunefully
unpeacefully
unusefully
uneffervescently
Starts with V
4 words
vengefully
venefically
veneficiously
veneficously
Starts with W
3 words
woefully
wastefully
wakefully

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