Adverbs Ending in LY and Containing OS
This list gathers 289 English adverbs ending in LY and containing OS, such as Hostly, Mostly, Possibly, Closely, Positively, Supposedly and Loosely. 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
16 words atmospherically
appositely
allosterically
apostolically
autosomally
anteroposteriorly
appositively
acrostically
ambrosially
aposematically
antiphilosophically
atherosclerotically
autoschediastically
ambosexually
autosymbolically
aeroscopically
Starts with B
8 words bossily
bellicosely
biosynthetically
bronchoscopically
bacteriostatically
biosocially
biostatically
bacterioscopically
Starts with C
24 words closely
crossly
cosmetically
composedly
colossally
cosmically
compositionally
cosmologically
corrosively
costlessly
chromosomally
costally
choosily
comatosely
closefistedly
colposcopically
compositely
chemosynthetically
cosmographically
cytostatically
costively
chronoscopically
cymosely
choosingly
Starts with D
7 words diagnostically
dispositively
disposedly
discomposedly
disposingly
discomposingly
dextrosinistrally
Starts with E
20 words explosively
endoscopically
engrossingly
electrostatically
engrossedly
electroosmotically
electrosurgically
erosionally
expositively
endosteally
electrodiagnostically
expositorially
expostulatingly
expostulatively
erosely
expositorily
electrosynthetically
eleemosynarily
endosmotically
endosporously
Starts with F
5 words frostily
fluoroscopically
flossily
farinosely
favosely
Starts with G
13 words grossly
grandiosely
glossily
gyroscopically
gnostically
geostrophically
glycosidically
gossipingly
glossarially
globosely
glossingly
geognostically
gyrostatically
Starts with H
8 words hospitably
hostilely
heterosexually
homosexually
hydrostatically
hygroscopically
hypostatically
hostly
Starts with I
11 words impossibly
introspectively
imposingly
idiosyncratically
inhospitably
inappositely
isostatically
implosively
intercostally
ionospherically
isosmotically
Starts with J
2 words jocosely
joshingly
Starts with K
1 words kaleidoscopically
Starts with L
4 words loosely
lachrymosely
losingly
laryngoscopically
Starts with M
12 words mostly
morosely
microscopically
macroscopically
monosyllabically
microcosmically
macrocosmically
mosaically
monosynaptically
magnetostrictively
monosymmetrically
microspectrophotometrically
Starts with N
21 words nostalgically
nosily
neurosurgically
nonphilosophically
nosologically
nonhomosexually
nonheterosexually
nonproscriptively
nonpurposefully
nonintrospectively
neoscholastically
nonatmospherically
nontheosophically
nonhygroscopically
nosocomephobically
nonmicroscopically
nonprepositionally
nonhypostatically
nonapostolically
nonsuppositively
nonsuppositionally
Starts with O
21 words ostensibly
ostentatiously
oppositely
ostensively
osmotically
opposably
opposingly
osteopathically
otoscopically
osseously
osteologically
otiosely
oscilloscopically
oscillographically
osmically
operosely
oscitantly
osmometrically
overprosperously
orthosymmetrically
oryctognostically
Starts with P
24 words possibly
positively
purposely
philosophically
purposefully
posthumously
prospectively
preposterously
possessively
positionally
prosperously
postoperatively
postnatally
poshly
posteriorly
prosaically
purposively
psychosocially
purposelessly
photosynthetically
postally
prognostically
propositionally
postprandially
Starts with R
12 words retrospectively
rosily
rostrally
reposefully
reposedly
roseately
radioscopically
retinoscopically
rugosely
racemosely
ramosely
rimosely
Starts with S
19 words supposedly
supposably
spectroscopically
suppositionally
stereoscopically
stroboscopically
supposititiously
suppositively
submicroscopically
stereomicroscopically
stereospecifically
stethoscopically
scabrosely
semiphilosophically
suppositiously
spinosely
squamosely
stauroscopically
synchondrosially
Starts with T
5 words thermostatically
theosophically
tachistoscopically
thermoscopically
tossily
Starts with U
12 words unostentatiously
unintrospectively
unprosperously
unprepossessingly
unphilosophically
unimposingly
ultramicroscopically
unprepossessedly
unmicroscopically
unapostolically
unproscriptively
unpreposterously
Starts with V
1 words verbosely