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What (who) is -edly - definition


-edly      
¦ suffix (forming adverbs) in a manner characterized by the action expressed by the formative verb: repeatedly.
-ed         
VERB IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
English verb; English conjugation; -ed; Doeth; -eth
1.
-ed is added to verbs to form their past tense or their past participle. If the verb ends in e, one of the e's is dropped. If the verb ends in y, the y is usually changed to i.
I posted the letter...
He danced well...
'I quite understand,' he replied.
SUFFIX
2.
-ed is added to nouns to form adjectives that describe someone or something as having a particular feature or features.
...a fat, bearded man.
...coloured flags.
SUFFIX
3.
-ed is added to nouns or verbs combined with other words, to form compound adjectives.
...a cone-shaped container...
He wore green-tinted glasses.
SUFFIX
ed         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
ED; Ed.; Ed (fictional character); Ed (character); E.D.; E.d.; ED (disambiguation); E D; Ed (disambiguation)
<tool, text> (editor) Unix's line editor. Ed is rarely used by humans since even vi is better. Unix manual page: ed(1). (1999-03-01)
Examples of use of -edly
1. It was in September 1''7 that Mrs Giblin, who has waived her anonymity, says Huntley repeat–edly sexually assaulted her in an orchard and against a school wall.