Words that end in -ly
English words ending in -ly, grouped by number of syllables. Great for rhymes and spelling practice.
There are 2,817 words in our list; here are the 500 most common.
1 syllable 2
- fly fly
- sly sly
2 syllables 144
- only on-ly
- really real-ly
- early ear-ly
- likely like-ly
- simply sim-ply
- daily dai-ly
- nearly near-ly
- quickly quick-ly
- clearly clear-ly
- fully ful-ly
- highly high-ly
- holy ho-ly
- truly tru-ly
- mostly most-ly
- apply ap-ply
- supply sup-ply
- slightly slight-ly
- lovely love-ly
- friendly friend-ly
- slowly slow-ly
- largely large-ly
- mainly main-ly
- weekly week-ly
- surely sure-ly
- widely wide-ly
- closely close-ly
- hardly hard-ly
- fairly fair-ly
- monthly month-ly
- reply re-ply
- barely bare-ly
- shortly short-ly
- strongly strong-ly
- badly bad-ly
- deeply deep-ly
- newly new-ly
- rarely rare-ly
- ugly ug-ly
- lately late-ly
- silly sil-ly
- merely mere-ly
- roughly rough-ly
- rally ral-ly
- greatly great-ly
- partly part-ly
- rely re-ly
- lonely lone-ly
- briefly brief-ly
- safely safe-ly
- solely sole-ly
- sadly sad-ly
- deadly dead-ly
- strictly strict-ly
- ally al-ly
- belly bel-ly
- poorly poor-ly
- purely pure-ly
- gently gen-tly
- freely free-ly
- nicely nice-ly
- frankly frank-ly
- comply com-ply
- namely name-ly
- firmly firm-ly
- kindly kind-ly
- sally sal-ly
- lightly light-ly
- lily lil-y
- costly cost-ly
- sharply sharp-ly
- holly hol-ly
- yearly year-ly
- bully bul-ly
- lively live-ly
- timely time-ly
- promptly prompt-ly
- imply im-ply
- wholly whol-ly
- broadly broad-ly
- loudly loud-ly
- jointly joint-ly
- jelly jel-ly
- softly soft-ly
- tightly tight-ly
- firstly first-ly
- rightly right-ly
- hourly hour-ly
- proudly proud-ly
- wildly wild-ly
- lastly last-ly
- smoothly smooth-ly
- gladly glad-ly
- strangely strange-ly
- manly man-ly
- hugely huge-ly
- poly pol-y
- loosely loose-ly
- tally tal-ly
- vastly vast-ly
- wisely wise-ly
- falsely false-ly
- freshly fresh-ly
- willy wil-ly
- curly curl-y
- jolly jol-ly
- calmly calm-ly
- oddly odd-ly
- dolly dol-ly
- swiftly swift-ly
- finely fine-ly
- chilly chil-ly
- neatly neat-ly
- dearly dear-ly
- nightly night-ly
- vaguely vague-ly
- wrongly wrong-ly
- wally wal-ly
- brightly bright-ly
- duly du-ly
- mildly mild-ly
- chiefly chief-ly
- densely dense-ly
- plainly plain-ly
- fiercely fierce-ly
- oily oil-y
- folly fol-ly
- worldly world-ly
- grossly gross-ly
- scarcely scarce-ly
- blindly blind-ly
- earthly earth-ly
- subtly sub-tly
- smelly smell-y
- boldly bold-ly
- cheaply cheap-ly
- grizzly griz-zly
- bravely brave-ly
- harshly harsh-ly
- lowly low-ly
- richly rich-ly
- thinly thin-ly
- godly god-ly
- warmly warm-ly
- girly girl-y
3 syllables 128
- family fam-i-ly
- probably prob-a-bly
- finally fi-nal-ly
- exactly ex-act-ly
- currently cur-rent-ly
- recently re-cent-ly
- certainly cer-tain-ly
- completely com-plete-ly
- easily eas-i-ly
- directly di-rect-ly
- totally to-tal-ly
- extremely ex-treme-ly
- possibly pos-si-bly
- entirely en-tire-ly
- honestly hon-est-ly
- suddenly sud-den-ly
- properly prop-er-ly
- assembly as-sem-bly
- perfectly per-fect-ly
- normally nor-mal-ly
- frequently fre-quent-ly
- hopefully hope-ful-ly
- heavily heav-i-ly
- constantly con-stant-ly
- carefully care-ful-ly
- equally e-qual-ly
- commonly com-mon-ly
- rapidly rap-id-ly
- unlikely un-like-ly
- publicly pub-lic-ly
- formerly for-mer-ly
- actively ac-tive-ly
- instantly in-stant-ly
- correctly cor-rect-ly
- legally le-gal-ly
- mentally men-tal-ly
- precisely pre-cise-ly
- partially par-tial-ly
- elderly el-der-ly
- quietly qui-et-ly
- happily hap-pi-ly
- locally lo-cal-ly
- openly o-pen-ly
- seemingly seem-ing-ly
- severely se-vere-ly
- thoroughly thor-ough-ly
- utterly ut-ter-ly
- formally for-mal-ly
- notably no-ta-bly
- privately pri-vate-ly
- secretly se-cret-ly
- specially spe-cial-ly
- quarterly quar-ter-ly
- randomly ran-dom-ly
- socially so-cial-ly
- butterfly but-ter-fly
- readily read-i-ly
- luckily luck-i-ly
- terribly ter-ri-bly
- sincerely sin-cere-ly
- secondly sec-ond-ly
- steadily stead-i-ly
- overly o-ver-ly
- globally glob-al-ly
- thankfully thank-ful-ly
- bodily bod-i-ly
- heavenly heav-en-ly
- ideally i-deal-ly
- remotely re-mote-ly
- presently pres-ent-ly
- routinely rou-tine-ly
- visually vis-ual-ly
- evenly e-ven-ly
- narrowly nar-row-ly
- morally mor-al-ly
- peacefully peace-ful-ly
- scholarly schol-ar-ly
- brutally bru-tal-ly
- silently si-lent-ly
- willingly will-ing-ly
- immensely im-mense-ly
- abruptly ab-rupt-ly
- uniquely u-nique-ly
- conversely con-verse-ly
- distinctly dis-tinct-ly
- intensely in-tense-ly
- massively mas-sive-ly
- profoundly pro-found-ly
- consciously con-scious-ly
- knowingly know-ing-ly
- multiply mul-ti-ply
- eagerly ea-ger-ly
- famously fa-mous-ly
- horribly hor-ri-bly
- expressly ex-press-ly
- patiently pa-tient-ly
- urgently ur-gent-ly
- painfully pain-ful-ly
- politely po-lite-ly
- brilliantly bril-liant-ly
- endlessly end-less-ly
- forcibly for-ci-bly
- orderly or-der-ly
- purposely pur-pose-ly
- cowardly cow-ard-ly
- awfully aw-ful-ly
- verbally ver-bal-ly
- visibly vis-i-bly
- racially ra-cial-ly
- unfairly un-fair-ly
- pleasantly pleas-ant-ly
- angrily an-gri-ly
- insanely in-sane-ly
- centrally cen-tral-ly
- fatally fa-tal-ly
- cautiously cau-tious-ly
- hastily hast-i-ly
- bitterly bit-ter-ly
- markedly mark-ed-ly
- securely se-cure-ly
- adversely ad-verse-ly
- faithfully faith-ful-ly
- nervously nerv-ous-ly
- forcefully force-ful-ly
- vividly viv-id-ly
- awkwardly awk-ward-ly
- rightfully right-ful-ly
- gracefully grace-ful-ly
4 syllables 141
- actually ac-tu-al-ly
- especially es-pe-cial-ly
- usually u-su-al-ly
- absolutely ab-so-lute-ly
- definitely def-i-nite-ly
- generally gen-er-al-ly
- seriously se-ri-ous-ly
- literally lit-er-al-ly
- previously pre-vi-ous-ly
- apparently ap-par-ent-ly
- obviously ob-vi-ous-ly
- relatively rel-a-tive-ly
- basically ba-si-cal-ly
- typically typ-i-cal-ly
- personally per-son-al-ly
- ultimately ul-ti-mate-ly
- officially of-fi-cial-ly
- regularly reg-u-lar-ly
- effectively ef-fec-tive-ly
- initially in-i-tial-ly
- naturally nat-u-ral-ly
- primarily pri-ma-ri-ly
- respectively re-spec-tive-ly
- successfully suc-cess-ful-ly
- essentially es-sen-tial-ly
- potentially po-ten-tial-ly
- increasingly in-creas-ing-ly
- incredibly in-cred-i-bly
- physically phys-i-cal-ly
- similarly sim-i-lar-ly
- virtually vir-tu-al-ly
- consistently con-sist-ent-ly
- exclusively ex-clu-sive-ly
- differently dif-fer-ent-ly
- subsequently sub-se-quent-ly
- gradually grad-u-al-ly
- repeatedly re-peat-ed-ly
- practically prac-ti-cal-ly
- annually an-nu-al-ly
- reportedly re-port-ed-ly
- genuinely gen-u-ine-ly
- technically tech-ni-cal-ly
- importantly im-por-tant-ly
- surprisingly sur-pris-ing-ly
- permanently per-ma-nent-ly
- separately sep-a-rate-ly
- allegedly al-leg-ed-ly
- presumably pre-sum-a-bly
- reasonably rea-son-a-bly
- accordingly ac-cord-ing-ly
- accurately ac-cu-rate-ly
- desperately des-per-ate-ly
- financially fi-nan-cial-ly
- fortunately for-tu-nate-ly
- explicitly ex-plic-it-ly
- substantially sub-stan-tial-ly
- supposedly sup-pos-ed-ly
- consequently con-se-quent-ly
- beautifully beau-ti-ful-ly
- arguably ar-gu-a-bly
- positively pos-i-tive-ly
- critically crit-i-cal-ly
- undoubtedly un-doubt-ed-ly
- extensively ex-ten-sive-ly
- illegally il-le-gal-ly
- monopoly mo-nop-o-ly
- nationally na-tion-al-ly
- collectively col-lec-tive-ly
- sufficiently suf-fi-cient-ly
- efficiently ef-fi-cient-ly
- remarkably re-mark-a-bly
- internally in-ter-nal-ly
- comfortably com-fort-a-bly
- indirectly in-di-rect-ly
- preferably pref-er-a-bly
- manually man-u-al-ly
- negatively neg-a-tive-ly
- mutually mu-tu-al-ly
- commercially com-mer-cial-ly
- casually cas-u-al-ly
- drastically dras-ti-cal-ly
- adequately ad-e-quate-ly
- amazingly a-maz-ing-ly
- culturally cul-tur-al-ly
- aggressively ag-gres-sive-ly
- violently vi-o-lent-ly
- evidently ev-i-dent-ly
- inherently in-her-ent-ly
- conveniently con-ven-ient-ly
- incorrectly in-cor-rect-ly
- moderately mod-er-ate-ly
- wonderfully won-der-ful-ly
- admittedly ad-mit-ted-ly
- radically rad-i-cal-ly
- infinitely in-fi-nite-ly
- progressively pro-gres-sive-ly
- anomaly a-nom-a-ly
- dangerously dan-ger-ous-ly
- respectfully re-spect-ful-ly
- vertically ver-ti-cal-ly
- digitally dig-it-al-ly
- mistakenly mis-tak-en-ly
- reluctantly re-luc-tant-ly
- federally fed-er-al-ly
- medically med-i-cal-ly
- logically log-i-cal-ly
- confidently con-fi-dent-ly
- prominently prom-i-nent-ly
- tremendously tre-men-dous-ly
- principally prin-ci-pal-ly
- reliably re-li-a-bly
- clinically clin-i-cal-ly
- enormously e-nor-mous-ly
- melancholy mel-an-chol-y
- vigorously vig-or-ous-ly
- decidedly de-cid-ed-ly
- magically mag-i-cal-ly
- noticeably no-tice-a-bly
- exceedingly ex-ceed-ing-ly
- excessively ex-ces-sive-ly
- improperly im-prop-er-ly
- ostensibly os-ten-si-bly
- passionately pas-sion-ate-ly
- selectively se-lec-tive-ly
- prematurely pre-ma-ture-ly
- externally ex-ter-nal-ly
- generously gen-er-ous-ly
- defensively de-fen-sive-ly
- objectively ob-jec-tive-ly
- musically mu-si-cal-ly
- concurrently con-cur-rent-ly
- eternally e-ter-nal-ly
- tragically trag-i-cal-ly
- instinctively in-stinc-tive-ly
- marginally mar-gin-al-ly
- seasonally sea-son-al-ly
- chemically chem-i-cal-ly
- intimately in-ti-mate-ly
- religiously re-li-gious-ly
- responsibly re-spon-si-bly
- implicitly im-plic-it-ly
5 or more syllables 85
- immediately im-me-di-ate-ly
- particularly par-tic-u-lar-ly
- eventually e-ven-tu-al-ly
- originally o-rig-i-nal-ly
- specifically spe-cif-i-cal-ly
- approximately ap-prox-i-mate-ly
- unfortunately un-for-tu-nate-ly
- significantly sig-nif-i-cant-ly
- automatically au-to-mat-i-cal-ly
- necessarily nec-es-sar-i-ly
- occasionally oc-ca-sion-al-ly
- accidentally ac-ci-den-tal-ly
- additionally ad-di-tion-al-ly
- simultaneously si-mul-ta-ne-ous-ly
- historically his-tor-i-cal-ly
- independently in-de-pend-ent-ly
- politically pol-i-ti-cal-ly
- temporarily tem-po-rar-i-ly
- traditionally tra-di-tion-al-ly
- emotionally e-mo-tion-al-ly
- deliberately de-lib-er-ate-ly
- considerably con-sid-er-a-bly
- continuously con-tin-u-ous-ly
- dramatically dra-mat-i-cal-ly
- internationally in-ter-na-tion-al-ly
- continually con-tin-u-al-ly
- individually in-di-vid-u-al-ly
- inevitably in-ev-i-ta-bly
- economically e-co-nom-i-cal-ly
- intentionally in-ten-tion-al-ly
- alternatively al-ter-na-tive-ly
- predominantly pre-dom-i-nant-ly
- fundamentally fun-da-men-tal-ly
- professionally pro-fes-sion-al-ly
- unusually un-u-su-al-ly
- appropriately ap-pro-pri-ate-ly
- exceptionally ex-cep-tion-al-ly
- ironically i-ron-i-cal-ly
- voluntarily vol-un-tar-i-ly
- unexpectedly un-ex-pect-ed-ly
- statistically sta-tis-ti-cal-ly
- genetically ge-net-i-cal-ly
- indefinitely in-def-i-nite-ly
- theoretically the-o-ret-i-cal-ly
- universally u-ni-ver-sal-ly
- unanimously u-nan-i-mous-ly
- interestingly in-ter-est-ing-ly
- periodically pe-ri-od-i-cal-ly
- overwhelmingly o-ver-whelm-ing-ly
- systematically sys-tem-at-i-cal-ly
- comparatively com-par-a-tive-ly
- incidentally in-ci-den-tal-ly
- ridiculously ri-dic-u-lous-ly
- scientifically sci-en-tif-i-cal-ly
- strategically stra-te-gi-cal-ly
- artificially ar-ti-fi-cial-ly
- environmentally en-vi-ron-men-tal-ly
- inadvertently in-ad-vert-ent-ly
- invariably in-var-i-a-bly
- extraordinarily ex-traor-di-nar-i-ly
- unbelievably un-be-liev-a-bly
- unnecessarily un-nec-es-sar-i-ly
- anonymously a-non-y-mous-ly
- notoriously no-to-ri-ous-ly
- legitimately le-git-i-mate-ly
- materially ma-te-ri-al-ly
- geographically ge-o-graph-i-cal-ly
- mechanically me-chan-i-cal-ly
- psychologically psy-cho-log-i-cal-ly
- intellectually in-tel-lec-tu-al-ly
- spontaneously spon-ta-ne-ous-ly
- realistically re-al-is-ti-cal-ly
- disproportionately dis-pro-por-tion-ate-ly
- exponentially ex-po-nen-tial-ly
- horizontally hor-i-zon-tal-ly
- spiritually spir-it-u-al-ly
- electronically e-lec-tron-i-cal-ly
- unsuccessfully un-suc-cess-ful-ly
- domestically do-mes-ti-cal-ly
- mysteriously mys-te-ri-ous-ly
- ordinarily or-di-nar-i-ly
- understandably un-der-stand-a-bly
- enthusiastically en-thu-si-as-ti-cal-ly
- coincidentally co-in-ci-den-tal-ly
- biologically bi-o-log-i-cal-ly