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Old 05-Oct-2007, 15:21
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Default Re: Adjectives That Look Like Adverbs

Dear Merlosa,
Not all words ending in -ly can be considered as adverbs. It depends on how we use it in a sentence. For example, the underlined word in the first sentence is an adjective and the second one is an adverb.
She talked to me in a friendly way.
She talked to me politely.
You can see more examples by consulting a good dictionary.
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