-ly

-ly /li/ suffix

1 [in adverbs]WAY/MANNER in a particular way 以…方式

She smiled happily.

她开心地笑了。

He was walking slowly.

他在慢慢行走。

2 [in adverbs]CONNECTED WITH considered in a particular way 从某方面来考虑

Politically speaking it was a rather unwise remark.

从政治上来讲，这是很不明智的一句话。

a financially sound proposal

财务上可行的建议

3 [in adjectives and adverbs]REGULAR happening at regular periods of time 定期发生的

an hourly check (=done every hour)

每小时一次的检查

They visit monthly (=once every month).

他们每个月来探望一次。

4 [in adjectives]LIKE/SIMILAR like a particular thing in manner, nature, or appearance 举止像…的；有…特质[外貌]的

with queenly grace

以女王般的优雅风度

a motherly woman (=showing the love, kindness etc of a mother)

富有母爱的女人

Examples from the Corpus

-ly• a cowardly act• walking slowly

Origin -ly

Old English -lic, -lice

Chinese

Corpus

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