[-ly] adj suffix [ME, fr. OE -lic, -lic; akin to OHG -lih, -lic, OE lic body--more at like] 1: like in appearance, manner, or nature: having the characteristics of "queenly" "fatherly"
2: characterized by regular recurrence in (specified) units of time: every "hourly"
[2]-ly adv suffix [ME, fr. OE -lice, -lice, fr. -lic, adj. suffix] 1 a: in a (specified) manner "slowly" b: at a (specified) time interval "annually"
2: from a (specified) point of view "eschatologically"
3: with respect to "partly"
4: to a (specified) degree "relatively"
5: in a (specified) place in a series "secondly"