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[simon1234]

Hi there,
How to say '-fully' or '-fully' as '...fly? 'u' is silent?

Tks
simon

[Barb_D]

None of the areas where I have lived would say, for example, "Cheerfully" as "cheerfly."
-fully has two syllables.

[Johnson_F]

I have very rarely heard 'cheerfully' pronounced with only two syllables, though I have commonly heard it pronounced in BrE with a very weak schwa (/ə/) between /f/ and /l/,

[Raymott]

Hi there,
How to say '-fully' or '-fully' as '...fly? 'u' is silent?

Tks
simon

Not, the 'u' isn't silent. It's a schwa, as mentioned above.

[Buddhaheart]

The “u” in “-ful” as a suffix to form an adjective or “-fully” to form an adverb is rarely silent, as most of us concurred in responding. It usually takes the short vowel sound “�” (as in “foot” or “put”). It may also take the weak vowel sound, the schwa “c” (as in “about” or “circus”). This weak form, however does not happen in words when “ful-“ or “fully-“ becomes the prefix (as in “full-color” or “fully-clad”).