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Words ending with LY (8-letter)

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like LY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abasedly, abjectly, aborally.

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723 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abasedly	8	4
abjectly	8	3
aborally	8	4
abruptly	8	3
absently	8	3
absurdly	8	3
achingly	8	3
actively	8	4
actually	8	3
adorably	8	4
adroitly	8	3
aerially	8	3
affinely	8	4
aguishly	8	3
aimfully	8	3
alderfly	8	3
alpinely	8	4
amazedly	8	4
amenably	8	4
amicably	8	4
amorally	8	4
amusedly	8	4
animally	8	4
annually	8	3
anodally	8	4
apically	8	4
ardently	8	3
arguably	8	3
arrantly	8	3
artfully	8	3
assembly	8	3
astrally	8	3
astutely	8	4
atonally	8	4
augustly	8	3
aversely	8	4
avowably	8	4
avowedly	8	4
badgerly	8	3
bankerly	8	3
barrenly	8	3
bearably	8	3
beggarly	8	3
benignly	8	3
biasedly	8	3
biddably	8	3
bihourly	8	3
binately	8	4
bitingly	8	3
bitterly	8	3
biweekly	8	3
biyearly	8	2
blackfly	8	2
blamably	8	3
blearily	8	3
blithely	8	3
bloodily	8	3
blousily	8	3
blowsily	8	3
blowzily	8	3
blurrily	8	3
bodingly	8	3
boringly	8	3
botchily	8	3
bouncily	8	3
bovinely	8	4
bowingly	8	3
boyishly	8	2
brainily	8	3
brassily	8	3
brawnily	8	3
brazenly	8	3
breezily	8	3
bridally	8	3
brightly	8	2
brokenly	8	3
broodily	8	3
brutally	8	3
buccally	8	3
bunchily	8	3
caecally	8	3
candidly	8	3
carnally	8	3
casually	8	3
catchfly	8	2
caudally	8	3
causally	8	3
chancily	8	3
chastely	8	3
chattily	8	3
cheekily	8	3
cheerily	8	3
cheesily	8	3
chillily	8	3
chirpily	8	3
choicely	8	3
choppily	8	3
chorally	8	3
chubbily	8	3
chummily	8	3
chunkily	8	3
churchly	8	2
clammily	8	3
classily	8	3
cleverly	8	3
clinally	8	3
clonally	8	3
cloudily	8	3
clumsily	8	3
coarsely	8	3
coevally	8	3
cogently	8	3
coitally	8	3
comelily	8	4
commonly	8	3
convexly	8	3
cooingly	8	2
cousinly	8	3
covertly	8	3
cowardly	8	3
crabbily	8	3
craftily	8	3
craggily	8	3
crankily	8	3
cravenly	8	3
creakily	8	3
creamily	8	3
credibly	8	3
creepily	8	3
crispily	8	3
croakily	8	3
croupily	8	3
crousely	8	3
crustily	8	3
cryingly	8	2
culpably	8	3
cursedly	8	3
curvedly	8	3
cussedly	8	3
cyclicly	8	3
cymosely	8	4
daintily	8	3
damnably	8	3
dapperly	8	3
daringly	8	3
datively	8	4
decently	8	3
demurely	8	4
deniably	8	3
dentally	8	3
deucedly	8	3
devoutly	8	3
directly	8	3
dismally	8	3
distally	8	3
divinely	8	4
docilely	8	4
doggedly	8	3
dorsally	8	3
dotardly	8	3
dotingly	8	3
draftily	8	3
dreamily	8	3
drearily	8	3
dressily	8	3
droopily	8	3
drowsily	8	3
dudishly	8	3
dulcetly	8	3
earthily	8	3
easterly	8	3
effetely	8	4
eighthly	8	2
elatedly	8	4
elfishly	8	3
eligibly	8	4
elvishly	8	3
entirely	8	4
enviably	8	3
epically	8	4
equinely	8	4
errantly	8	3
erringly	8	3
expertly	8	3
facetely	8	4
facially	8	3
facilely	8	4
fallibly	8	3
famously	8	3
fatherly	8	3
faultily	8	3
faunally	8	3
feasibly	8	3
felinely	8	4
fellowly	8	3
fervidly	8	3
festally	8	3
feudally	8	3
fiercely	8	3
filially	8	3
filthily	8	3
finitely	8	4
fiscally	8	3
fitfully	8	3
flabbily	8	3
flashily	8	3
fleecily	8	3
flexibly	8	3
flimsily	8	3
flintily	8	3
floppily	8	3
florally	8	3
floridly	8	3
flossily	8	3
fluently	8	2
fluffily	8	3
folksily	8	3
forcedly	8	3
forcibly	8	3
forkedly	8	3
formally	8	3
formerly	8	3
fourthly	8	2
freakily	8	3
frenzily	8	3
friendly	8	2
frigidly	8	3
friskily	8	3
frizzily	8	3
frostily	8	3
frothily	8	3
frowzily	8	3
frozenly	8	3
frugally	8	3
fruitily	8	3
frumpily	8	3
fumingly	8	3
futilely	8	4
gapingly	8	3
garishly	8	3
gauchely	8	3
genially	8	3
gibingly	8	3
giftedly	8	3
gingelly	8	3
gingerly	8	3
glassily	8	3
globally	8	3
gloomily	8	3
glossily	8	3
glumpily	8	3
goldenly	8	3
gorbelly	8	3
gorgedly	8	3
grassily	8	3
gravelly	8	3
gravidly	8	3
greasily	8	3
greedily	8	3
greenfly	8	2
grittily	8	3
groggily	8	3
grubbily	8	3
gruffily	8	3
grumpily	8	3
guiltily	8	3
gullably	8	3
gullibly	8	3
heartily	8	3
heatedly	8	3
heavenly	8	3
hecticly	8	3
hiddenly	8	3
hoarsely	8	3
hollowly	8	3
honestly	8	3
horribly	8	3
horridly	8	3
horsefly	8	3
housefly	8	3
humanely	8	4
hungrily	8	3
huntedly	8	3
hushedly	8	3
impishly	8	3
impurely	8	4
indignly	8	3
infirmly	8	3
innately	8	4
insanely	8	4
intently	8	3
inviably	8	3
inwardly	8	3
irefully	8	4
issuably	8	3
jadishly	8	3
jaggedly	8	3
japingly	8	3
jauntily	8	3
jejunely	8	4
jibingly	8	3
jocosely	8	4
jocundly	8	3
jokingly	8	3
jovially	8	3
joyfully	8	3
joyously	8	2
kissably	8	3
knightly	8	2
knottily	8	3
labially	8	3
laically	8	3
latently	8	3
latterly	8	3
laudably	8	3
lavishly	8	3
lawfully	8	3
lawyerly	8	3
leadenly	8	3
lethally	8	3
limberly	8	3
limpidly	8	3
lineally	8	3
linearly	8	3
liquidly	8	3
lissomly	8	3
livelily	8	4
livingly	8	3
lobately	8	4
loblolly	8	3
lonelily	8	4
losingly	8	3
loveably	8	3
lovelily	8	4
lovingly	8	3
lubberly	8	3
lucently	8	3
lunately	8	4
lyrately	8	4
maidenly	8	3
malignly	8	3
manfully	8	3
mannerly	8	3
manually	8	3
markedly	8	3
martyrly	8	3
massedly	8	3
masterly	8	3
matronly	8	3
mattedly	8	3
maturely	8	4
meagerly	8	3
meagrely	8	3
medially	8	3
medianly	8	3
mellowly	8	3
menially	8	3
mentally	8	3
mesially	8	3
mightily	8	3
minutely	8	4
misapply	8	3
modernly	8	3
modestly	8	3
modishly	8	3
moltenly	8	3
momently	8	3
monopoly	8	4
mopingly	8	3
mopishly	8	3
morbidly	8	3
morosely	8	4
mortally	8	3
motherly	8	3
mouthily	8	3
moveably	8	3
movingly	8	3
mulishly	8	3
multiply	8	3
musingly	8	3
mutually	8	3
mysticly	8	3
narrowly	8	3
natantly	8	3
natively	8	4
neurally	8	3
normally	8	3
nounally	8	3
oafishly	8	3
oblately	8	4
oblongly	8	3
obtusely	8	4
occultly	8	3
ocularly	8	4
odiously	8	3
offishly	8	3
ogrishly	8	3
opaquely	8	4
operably	8	4
ornately	8	4
otiosely	8	4
outbully	8	3
overholy	8	4
overwily	8	4
owlishly	8	3
pallidly	8	3
palpably	8	3
paltrily	8	3
passably	8	3
patchily	8	3
patently	8	3
patronly	8	3
pedately	8	4
pettedly	8	3
pipingly	8	3
pitchily	8	3
pitiably	8	3
placably	8	3
placidly	8	3
plaguily	8	3
pliantly	8	2
pluckily	8	3
plugugly	8	3
plurally	8	3
plushily	8	3
plyingly	8	2
politely	8	4
popishly	8	3
porously	8	3
portably	8	3
posingly	8	3
possibly	8	3
postally	8	3
potbelly	8	3
potently	8	3
preppily	8	3
prettily	8	3
priestly	8	2
princely	8	3
prissily	8	3
probably	8	3
prolixly	8	3
promptly	8	2
properly	8	3
provably	8	3
provenly	8	3
pryingly	8	2
publicly	8	3
pulingly	8	3
pulpally	8	3
punchily	8	3
putridly	8	3
quaintly	8	2
queasily	8	3
quirkily	8	3
quotably	8	3
racially	8	3
radially	8	3
raggedly	8	3
ragingly	8	3
rakishly	8	3
ramosely	8	4
rancidly	8	3
randomly	8	3
rascally	8	3
rateably	8	3
ravingly	8	3
readably	8	3
readerly	8	3
recently	8	3
rectally	8	3
reflexly	8	3
reliably	8	3
remissly	8	3
remotely	8	4
repandly	8	3
resupply	8	3
retrally	8	3
ribaldly	8	3
rimosely	8	4
ritually	8	3
robustly	8	3
rottenly	8	3
rotundly	8	3
rovingly	8	3
ruefully	8	3
ruggedly	8	3
rugosely	8	4
rusticly	8	3
sacredly	8	3
sailorly	8	3
saleably	8	3
sallowly	8	3
salvably	8	3
satiably	8	3
savagely	8	4
savingly	8	3
savorily	8	4
scabbily	8	3
scalably	8	3
scantily	8	3
scarcely	8	3
scrabbly	8	2
scraggly	8	2
scurvily	8	3
seamanly	8	3
secantly	8	3
secondly	8	3
secretly	8	3
secundly	8	3
securely	8	4
sedately	8	4
seldomly	8	3
selectly	8	3
senilely	8	4
sensibly	8	3
serenely	8	4
serially	8	3
severely	8	4
sextuply	8	3
sexually	8	3
shabbily	8	3
shaggily	8	3
shiftily	8	3
shoddily	8	3
shrewdly	8	2
sickerly	8	3
sicklily	8	3
signally	8	3
silently	8	3
silverly	8	3
sinfully	8	3
sisterly	8	3
sizeably	8	3
skimpily	8	3
slangily	8	3
sleazily	8	3
sleepily	8	3
slightly	8	2
slinkily	8	3
sloppily	8	3
slovenly	8	3
slushily	8	3
smarmily	8	3
smoothly	8	2
smudgily	8	3
smuttily	8	3
snappily	8	3
sneakily	8	3
sniffily	8	3
snippily	8	3
snobbily	8	3
snoopily	8	3
snootily	8	3
snottily	8	3
snuffily	8	3
sociably	8	3
socially	8	3
soddenly	8	3
solemnly	8	3
somberly	8	3
sombrely	8	3
sordidly	8	3
sortably	8	3
sovranly	8	3
sowbelly	8	3
sparkily	8	3
sparsely	8	3
speedily	8	3
spiffily	8	3
spinally	8	3
spirally	8	3
spongily	8	3
spookily	8	3
spoonily	8	3
sportily	8	3
spottily	8	3
sprucely	8	3
spunkily	8	3
squarely	8	3
squiggly	8	2
stalkily	8	3
stanchly	8	2
statedly	8	3
steadily	8	3
steamily	8	3
stickily	8	3
stingily	8	3
stockily	8	3
stodgily	8	3
stolidly	8	3
stonefly	8	3
stormily	8	3
straggly	8	2
straitly	8	2
strictly	8	2
strongly	8	2
stubbily	8	3
stuffily	8	3
stupidly	8	3
sturdily	8	3
suddenly	8	3
suitably	8	3
sullenly	8	3
sultrily	8	3
summerly	8	3
superbly	8	3
supinely	8	4
supplely	8	3
sveltely	8	3
swankily	8	3
sweatily	8	3
swimmily	8	3
takingly	8	3
tangibly	8	3
tarnally	8	3
tawdrily	8	3
taxingly	8	3
tenderly	8	3
tensibly	8	3
terribly	8	3
tetchily	8	3
thornily	8	3
thrawnly	8	2
thwartly	8	2
tinselly	8	3
tonishly	8	3
toothily	8	3
torpidly	8	3
torridly	8	3
touchily	8	3
towardly	8	3
trashily	8	3
trendily	8	3
tribally	8	3
trickily	8	3
trustily	8	3
tryingly	8	2
tuneably	8	3
turbidly	8	3
turgidly	8	3
unchicly	8	3
uncially	8	3
uncomely	8	4
uneasily	8	4
unevenly	8	4
unfairly	8	3
ungainly	8	3
ungently	8	3
unholily	8	4
uniquely	8	4
unitedly	8	4
unjustly	8	3
unkindly	8	3
unkingly	8	3
unlikely	8	4
unlively	8	4
unlovely	8	4
unmeetly	8	3
unreally	8	3
unripely	8	4
unsafely	8	4
unseemly	8	3
unstably	8	3
unsubtly	8	3
unsurely	8	4
untidily	8	4
untimely	8	4
unwarily	8	4
unwifely	8	4
unwisely	8	4
uppishly	8	3
upwardly	8	3
urbanely	8	4
urgently	8	3
urgingly	8	3
usefully	8	4
uvularly	8	4
vacantly	8	3
valuably	8	3
variably	8	3
variedly	8	3
veiledly	8	3
vendibly	8	3
venially	8	3
venously	8	3
verbally	8	3
vernally	8	3
vestally	8	3
vexingly	8	3
vincibly	8	3
vinously	8	3
violably	8	3
virilely	8	4
viscidly	8	3
visually	8	3
votively	8	4
vulgarly	8	3
wantonly	8	3
waterily	8	4
weaselly	8	3
weevilly	8	3
westerly	8	3
wheezily	8	3
whitefly	8	3
wickedly	8	3
wilfully	8	3
wingedly	8	3
winterly	8	3
wintrily	8	3
wizardly	8	3
woefully	8	3
wontedly	8	3
woodenly	8	3
wooingly	8	2
woollily	8	3
worthily	8	3
wrathily	8	3
writerly	8	3
yeastily	8	3
yellowly	8	3
yeomanly	8	3
zoophily	8	3

FAQs

What’s typical about LY-ending words?
LY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.

Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.