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Vinony

-ily

  1. forming adverbs corresponding to adjectives ending in -y
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Wiktionary

suffix

Etymology: Combination of -y (“adjectival suffix”) + -ly (“adverbial suffix”), with -y changed to -i-.

  1. Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y.

    “greed → greedy → greedily”

    “noise → noisy → noisily”