(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:59:08

-ly (?). [OE. -lich, AS. -lic, orig. the same word as E. lie, a. See Like, a.]

A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance.

 

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