1.一般情況下直接加“l(fā)y”,如:
quick-quickly; polite-politely; sad-sadly; imediate-immediately; recent-recently
2. 少數(shù)以e結(jié)尾的形容詞,要去掉e再加-ly。如:true-truly; due-duly
絕大多數(shù)輔音字母加e結(jié)尾的形容詞直接加-ly。如:
polite-politely; wide-widely; wise-wisely;nice-nicely
3. 以“y”結(jié)尾的',且讀音為 / i /, 先將“y”改成“i”,再加“l(fā)y”,如:
happy-happily; heavy-heavily; angry-angrily; busy-busily
但是如果讀音為 / ai /, 直接加ly,如:dry-dryly; sly-slyly; shy---shyly
4.以ic 結(jié)尾的詞,加ally,如:
economic-economically; basic-basically; scientific-scientifically; automatic-automatically; energetic-energetically; 但是public-publicly 例外。
5.以輔音字母加le結(jié)尾時(shí),去e加y,如:
simple-simply; considerable-considerably; terrible-terribly
gentle-gently; possible-possibly; probable-probably; incredible-incredibly
元音字母加le時(shí)加 ly,如:sole-solely。但是whole-wholly例外。
6. 以-ll結(jié)尾時(shí),只須加 –y,如:dull-dully; shrill-shrilly。