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Words ending with LY (9-letter)

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like LY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abidingly, abusively, abysmally.

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653 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abidingly	9	4
abusively	9	5
abysmally	9	4
adamantly	9	4
adjunctly	9	3
admirably	9	4
adoringly	9	4
adversely	9	4
advisably	9	4
advisedly	9	4
agelessly	9	4
agreeably	9	3
aimlessly	9	3
allegedly	9	4
allowably	9	4
allowedly	9	4
alterably	9	4
amatively	9	5
amazingly	9	4
amorously	9	4
amphiboly	9	4
amusingly	9	4
anciently	9	3
angularly	9	4
animately	9	5
antically	9	4
anxiously	9	3
arcuately	9	4
arduously	9	3
artlessly	9	3
asexually	9	4
ashamedly	9	4
asininely	9	5
assumably	9	4
assuredly	9	4
austerely	9	4
availably	9	4
averagely	9	5
avoidably	9	4
awesomely	9	5
awkwardly	9	3
balefully	9	4
banefully	9	4
baroquely	9	4
bashfully	9	3
basically	9	4
bastardly	9	3
beamishly	9	3
bearishly	9	3
belatedly	9	4
bemusedly	9	4
berserkly	9	3
bestially	9	3
biaxially	9	3
bifilarly	9	4
bigotedly	9	4
biliously	9	3
bimonthly	9	3
bindingly	9	3
bipedally	9	4
bizarrely	9	4
blatantly	9	3
blazingly	9	3
blessedly	9	3
blotchily	9	3
bookishly	9	3
boorishly	9	3
bracingly	9	3
breathily	9	3
brittlely	9	3
brotherly	9	3
brusquely	9	3
brutishly	9	3
bulbously	9	3
bullishly	9	3
bumpkinly	9	3
buoyantly	9	2
burningly	9	3
butcherly	9	3
butterfly	9	3
caddishly	9	3
callously	9	3
capitally	9	4
carefully	9	4
carpingly	9	3
centrally	9	3
certainly	9	3
chokingly	9	3
citizenly	9	4
civically	9	4
clamantly	9	3
clemently	9	3
cloyingly	9	2
coaxially	9	3
coequally	9	3
cognately	9	4
colorably	9	4
coltishly	9	3
comically	9	4
compactly	9	3
complexly	9	3
comradely	9	4
concisely	9	4
condignly	9	3
conically	9	4
connately	9	4
contumely	9	4
copiously	9	3
cordately	9	4
cordially	9	3
correctly	9	3
corruptly	9	3
costively	9	4
countably	9	3
cranially	9	3
crookedly	9	3
crucially	9	3
crunchily	9	3
cubically	9	4
cultishly	9	3
cunningly	9	3
curiously	9	3
currently	9	3
currishly	9	3
cursively	9	4
cursorily	9	4
cuttingly	9	3
cynically	9	4
damningly	9	3
damselfly	9	3
darlingly	9	3
dashingly	9	3
dastardly	9	3
decidedly	9	4
decimally	9	4
defiantly	9	3
definably	9	4
denyingly	9	3
desirably	9	4
deviously	9	3
devotedly	9	4
dietarily	9	4
diffusely	9	4
digitally	9	4
direfully	9	4
distantly	9	3
diurnally	9	3
diversely	9	4
dividedly	9	4
dobsonfly	9	3
doggishly	9	3
dolefully	9	4
dollishly	9	3
doltishly	9	3
donnishly	9	3
doomfully	9	3
doughtily	9	3
dragonfly	9	3
droningly	9	3
drunkenly	9	3
dubiously	9	3
dullishly	9	3
dutifully	9	4
earnestly	9	3
easefully	9	4
elegantly	9	4
elusively	9	5
eminently	9	4
emotively	9	5
emulously	9	4
endlessly	9	3
endurably	9	4
enjoyably	9	3
enterally	9	4
enviously	9	3
envyingly	9	3
epochally	9	4
equitably	9	4
eruditely	9	5
estimably	9	4
eternally	9	4
ethically	9	4
evasively	9	5
evidently	9	4
exaltedly	9	4
excitedly	9	4
excusably	9	4
execrably	9	4
exigently	9	4
expressly	9	3
extremely	9	4
factually	9	3
failingly	9	3
fairishly	9	3
fatefully	9	4
fatuously	9	3
favorably	9	4
fawningly	9	3
fearfully	9	3
federally	9	4
feelingly	9	3
fertilely	9	4
fervently	9	3
festively	9	4
fictively	9	4
finically	9	4
fittingly	9	3
flaccidly	9	3
flamingly	9	3
flannelly	9	3
flaringly	9	3
flightily	9	3
flowerily	9	4
flowingly	9	3
fluidally	9	3
foolishly	9	3
foppishly	9	3
forlornly	9	3
forwardly	9	3
fretfully	9	3
frontally	9	3
frowardly	9	3
fulgently	9	3
fulsomely	9	4
furiously	9	3
furtively	9	4
gainfully	9	3
gallantly	9	3
gallingly	9	3
gawkishly	9	3
geminally	9	4
generally	9	4
genically	9	4
genitally	9	4
genteelly	9	3
genuinely	9	4
germanely	9	4
girlishly	9	3
glacially	9	3
glaringly	9	3
gleefully	9	3
glowingly	9	3
gradually	9	3
gratingly	9	3
grouchily	9	3
growingly	9	3
guardedly	9	3
gushingly	9	3
habitably	9	4
haggardly	9	3
haltingly	9	3
haplessly	9	3
harmfully	9	3
hatefully	9	4
haughtily	9	3
hawkishly	9	3
healthily	9	3
hedgingly	9	3
heedfully	9	3
heinously	9	3
helically	9	4
hellishly	9	3
helpfully	9	3
hideously	9	3
hillbilly	9	3
hoggishly	9	3
honorably	9	4
hopefully	9	4
hostilely	9	4
howlingly	9	3
hugeously	9	3
hurriedly	9	3
hurtfully	9	3
husbandly	9	3
illegally	9	4
illegibly	9	4
illicitly	9	4
immensely	9	4
immorally	9	4
immovably	9	4
immutably	9	4
impiously	9	3
inaudibly	9	4
incapably	9	4
incurably	9	4
indelibly	9	4
ineffably	9	4
inexactly	9	4
inhumanly	9	4
initially	9	4
insipidly	9	4
insolubly	9	4
instantly	9	3
insularly	9	4
intensely	9	4
invalidly	9	4
inversely	9	4
invisibly	9	4
irascibly	9	4
irksomely	9	4
irritably	9	4
jarringly	9	3
jealously	9	3
jeeringly	9	3
jocularly	9	4
jointedly	9	3
joylessly	9	3
kiddingly	9	3
killingly	9	3
knavishly	9	3
knowingly	9	3
laggardly	9	3
lambently	9	3
languidly	9	3
lastingly	9	3
laterally	9	4
laughably	9	3
lawlessly	9	3
learnedly	9	3
leeringly	9	3
leisurely	9	4
lengthily	9	3
leniently	9	3
leprously	9	3
lexically	9	4
liberally	9	4
liltingly	9	3
limitedly	9	4
lingually	9	3
lissomely	9	4
literally	9	4
logically	9	4
longingly	9	3
loutishly	9	3
lumpishly	9	3
lustfully	9	3
lyrically	9	4
lytically	9	4
magically	9	4
manically	9	4
mannishly	9	3
maritally	9	4
martially	9	3
massively	9	4
mawkishly	9	3
maximally	9	4
meaningly	9	3
mediately	9	4
medically	9	4
meltingly	9	3
memorably	9	4
midweekly	9	3
mincingly	9	3
mindfully	9	3
minimally	9	4
miserably	9	4
mockingly	9	3
modularly	9	4
moilingly	9	3
monophyly	9	4
monostely	9	4
moonishly	9	3
mordantly	9	3
mundanely	9	4
musically	9	4
naggingly	9	3
naturally	9	4
naughtily	9	3
navigably	9	4
needfully	9	3
nervously	9	3
neutrally	9	3
niggardly	9	3
nippingly	9	3
nocuously	9	3
noisomely	9	4
nominally	9	4
nonfamily	9	4
northerly	9	3
noxiously	9	3
numbingly	9	3
numerally	9	4
obliquely	9	4
obscenely	9	4
obscurely	9	4
obversely	9	4
obviously	9	3
odorously	9	4
oedipally	9	4
ohmically	9	4
oligopoly	9	5
ominously	9	4
onerously	9	4
ontically	9	4
operantly	9	4
operosely	9	5
optically	9	4
optimally	9	4
opulently	9	4
outwardly	9	3
painfully	9	3
painterly	9	3
palatably	9	4
palatally	9	4
palmately	9	4
parlously	9	3
partially	9	3
passively	9	4
patchouly	9	3
patiently	9	3
peaceably	9	3
peccantly	9	3
peevishly	9	3
pensively	9	4
perfectly	9	3
perorally	9	4
pettishly	9	3
philately	9	4
phrasally	9	3
piggishly	9	3
pinnately	9	4
piquantly	9	3
piteously	9	3
pitifully	9	4
pityingly	9	3
pivotally	9	4
plausibly	9	3
playfully	9	3
pointedly	9	3
pompously	9	3
popularly	9	4
pouringly	9	3
pratingly	9	3
preachily	9	3
precisely	9	4
presently	9	3
primarily	9	4
privately	9	4
profanely	9	4
profusely	9	4
prudently	9	3
prudishly	9	3
puckishly	9	3
puerilely	9	4
pungently	9	3
purposely	9	4
purringly	9	3
quadruply	9	3
quarterly	9	3
rackingly	9	3
radiantly	9	3
radiately	9	4
radically	9	4
raffishly	9	3
rakehelly	9	4
rampantly	9	3
rantingly	9	3
raspingly	9	3
raucously	9	3
raunchily	9	3
reducibly	9	4
refutably	9	4
regularly	9	4
relatedly	9	4
relaxedly	9	4
reliantly	9	3
removably	9	4
renewably	9	4
reputably	9	4
reputedly	9	4
restfully	9	3
restively	9	4
retiredly	9	4
reversely	9	4
ringingly	9	3
riotously	9	3
roaringly	9	3
roguishly	9	3
roseately	9	4
rostrally	9	3
rousingly	9	3
routinely	9	4
ruffianly	9	3
ruinously	9	3
ruthfully	9	3
ruttishly	9	3
saliently	9	3
sapiently	9	3
scholarly	9	3
scrappily	9	3
scruffily	9	3
searingly	9	3
secularly	9	4
seemingly	9	3
selfishly	9	3
semblably	9	3
seminally	9	4
sensately	9	4
sensually	9	3
seriately	9	4
seriously	9	3
serriedly	9	3
servilely	9	4
severally	9	4
sexlessly	9	3
shadowily	9	4
shallowly	9	3
sickishly	9	3
similarly	9	4
sincerely	9	4
sinlessly	9	3
sinuously	9	3
sketchily	9	3
slavishly	9	3
slenderly	9	3
slouchily	9	3
smilingly	9	3
soldierly	9	3
solvently	9	3
songfully	9	3
sonically	9	4
sottishly	9	3
soulfully	9	3
southerly	9	3
sparingly	9	3
spatially	9	3
specially	9	3
splashily	9	3
sprightly	9	2
springily	9	3
squalidly	9	3
squashily	9	3
starchily	9	3
staunchly	9	2
sterilely	9	4
stiltedly	9	3
stoically	9	3
strangely	9	3
studiedly	9	3
stylishly	9	3
suasively	9	4
subacidly	9	4
subduedly	9	3
subfamily	9	4
sublimely	9	4
subtilely	9	4
summarily	9	4
superably	9	4
supremely	9	4
surreally	9	3
suturally	9	4
swinishly	9	3
sympetaly	9	4
tactfully	9	3
tactilely	9	4
tactually	9	3
teachably	9	3
teacherly	9	3
tearfully	9	3
teasingly	9	3
tediously	9	3
teemingly	9	3
telically	9	4
tellingly	9	3
tenuously	9	3
ternately	9	4
textually	9	3
thermally	9	3
thinkably	9	3
thirstily	9	3
thriftily	9	3
throatily	9	3
throughly	9	2
timeously	9	3
titularly	9	4
toilfully	9	3
tolerably	9	4
tonically	9	4
topically	9	4
toxophily	9	4
tractably	9	3
trivially	9	3
triweekly	9	3
tunefully	9	4
twitchily	9	3
typically	9	4
unawarely	9	5
uncannily	9	4
uncivilly	9	4
uncleanly	9	3
uncouthly	9	3
unearthly	9	3
unequally	9	4
unfussily	9	4
unhandily	9	4
unhappily	9	4
uniformly	9	4
unitarily	9	5
unluckily	9	4
unquietly	9	3
unshapely	9	4
unsightly	9	3
unsoundly	9	3
unusually	9	4
unwomanly	9	4
unworldly	9	3
uprightly	9	3
uselessly	9	4
vacuously	9	3
vaginally	9	4
vagrantly	9	3
valiantly	9	3
variously	9	3
varyingly	9	3
veeringly	9	3
vegetably	9	4
venerably	9	4
ventrally	9	3
verbosely	9	4
verdantly	9	3
veritably	9	4
vibrantly	9	3
viciously	9	3
violently	9	3
virtually	9	3
viscously	9	3
waggishly	9	3
wailfully	9	3
wakefully	9	4
warningly	9	3
waspishly	9	3
waywardly	9	3
wealthily	9	3
wearingly	9	3
weatherly	9	3
weightily	9	3
welcomely	9	4
whiningly	9	3
willfully	9	3
willingly	9	3
winningly	9	3
winsomely	9	4
wishfully	9	3
wistfully	9	3
witlessly	9	3
wittingly	9	3
wolfishly	9	3
workmanly	9	3
worriedly	9	3
xerophily	9	4
yawningly	9	3
zealously	9	3
zestfully	9	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.