suffix — 5 senses
UK [liː] · US [li]
Etymology From Middle English -ly, -li, -lik, -lich, -like, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”) (whence lich). In form, probably influenced by Old Norse -ligr (“-ly”) (Norwegian Bokmål -lig, Faroese -ligur, Icelandic -legur). Cognate with Dutch -lijk, German -lich, Danish -lig and Swedish -lig. Doublet of -like, more at like.
Morpheme Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns.
Morpheme Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "appearing like, resembling, or having the likeness of what is denoted by the noun".
Morpheme Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".
Etymology From Middle English -ly, -li, -liche, from Old English -līċe.
Morpheme Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.
Morpheme Used to form company or brand names.
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