Words ending in LY

There are 6,026 words ending in LY in our word list. 355 of them are common everyday words, such as ONLY, FAMILY, REALLY and ACTUALLY. They range from 3 to 15 letters, and 11-letter words are the biggest group, with 814.

Words: 6,026
Common words: 355
Longest: INTERNATIONALLY; 15 letters
Top score: QUIZZICALLY; 43 points

-LY turns adjectives into adverbs, as in QUICKLY and SLOWLY.

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3-letter words (3)

4-letter words (22)

only
holy
ally
rely
ugly
lily
poly
duly
oily
ably
idly
moly
wily
illy
inly
paly
waly
coly
ruly
agly
eely
pily

5-letter words (104)

daily
early
apply
fully
reply
truly
badly
belly
billy
kelly
newly
rally
sadly
silly
bully
curly
dolly
holly
imply
jelly
jolly
manly
molly
oddly
sally
tally
willy
aptly
filly
folly
girly
godly
gully
hilly
lowly
madly
nelly
sully
telly
wally
amply
bally
burly
dally
dilly
dimly
gilly
golly
hotly
lolly
scaly
surly

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6-letter words (314)

family
really
likely
nearly
simply
easily
fairly
hardly
highly
lovely
mainly
mostly
slowly
supply
surely
weekly
widely
barely
comply
deadly
deeply
firmly
freely
gently
kindly
lately
lonely
merely
namely
nicely
openly
partly
poorly
purely
rarely
safely
solely
bodily
calmly
chilly
costly
evenly
finely
gladly
hourly
hugely
lastly
lively
loudly
overly
softly
timely

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7-letter words (541)

exactly
finally
quickly
usually
clearly
closely
heavily
largely
monthly
totally
briefly
elderly
equally
frankly
greatly
happily
legally
locally
notably
quietly
rapidly
roughly
shortly
utterly
broadly
falsely
firstly
freshly
ideally
jointly
lightly
loosely
luckily
morally
proudly
readily
rightly
sharply
swiftly
tightly
acutely
angrily
anomaly
awfully
blindly
bluntly
bravely
cheaply
chiefly
cleanly
densely
eagerly

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8-letter words (722)

actually
probably
recently
assembly
directly
entirely
friendly
honestly
normally
possibly
properly
slightly
suddenly
actively
annually
commonly
formally
formerly
mentally
publicly
secretly
severely
sexually
strictly
strongly
unlikely
abruptly
arguably
brutally
casually
globally
heavenly
manually
monopoly
multiply
mutually
narrowly
promptly
randomly
remotely
secondly
silently
smoothly
socially
steadily
terribly
uniquely
visually
bitterly
brightly
cleverly
cowardly

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9-letter words (652)

certainly
currently
basically
extremely
generally
hopefully
literally
obviously
perfectly
regularly
seriously
typically
allegedly
carefully
correctly
genuinely
gradually
initially
instantly
naturally
partially
precisely
primarily
privately
seemingly
similarly
specially
virtually
amazingly
butterfly
evidently
illegally
immensely
intensely
knowingly
massively
presently
quarterly
radically
routinely
scholarly
sincerely
strangely
unusually
violently
willingly
adversely
anxiously
awkwardly
blatantly
centrally
curiously

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10-letter words (810)

completely
especially
absolutely
apparently
constantly
definitely
eventually
frequently
officially
originally
personally
previously
relatively
ultimately
incredibly
physically
presumably
reasonably
repeatedly
reportedly
separately
thoroughly
accurately
adequately
admittedly
conversely
critically
culturally
distinctly
explicitly
indirectly
inevitably
infinitely
inherently
internally
ironically
moderately
nationally
negatively
peacefully
positively
preferably
profoundly
remarkably
supposedly
thankfully
abnormally
abundantly
cautiously
chemically
clinically
creatively

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11-letter words (814)

immediately
accordingly
differently
effectively
emotionally
essentially
exclusively
importantly
necessarily
permanently
politically
potentially
practically
technically
temporarily
beautifully
comfortably
consciously
continually
desperately
drastically
efficiently
extensively
financially
fortunately
genetically
incorrectly
unanimously
undoubtedly
universally
voluntarily
wonderfully
alternately
anonymously
arbitrarily
brilliantly
chronically
confidently
dangerously
defensively
dynamically
erroneously
exceedingly
excessively
frantically
hilariously
intuitively
momentarily
notoriously
objectively
organically
perpetually

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12-letter words (780)

particularly
specifically
accidentally
additionally
considerably
consistently
deliberately
historically
increasingly
occasionally
respectively
subsequently
successfully
surprisingly
aggressively
collectively
commercially
consequently
continuously
conveniently
dramatically
economically
incidentally
indefinitely
individually
periodically
ridiculously
sufficiently
unexpectedly
academically
artificially
biologically
concurrently
convincingly
definitively
domestically
effortlessly
electrically
emphatically
functionally
horizontally
inexplicably
infrequently
legitimately
mechanically
meticulously
miraculously
mysteriously
passionately
persistently
purposefully
relentlessly

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13-letter words (607)

approximately
automatically
significantly
unfortunately
independently
traditionally
alternatively
appropriately
comparatively
exceptionally
fundamentally
intentionally
interestingly
predominantly
statistically
substantially
theoretically
aesthetically
categorically
competitively
exponentially
fantastically
ideologically
inadvertently
instinctively
intelligently
intrinsically
progressively
realistically
spectacularly
spontaneously
strategically
uncomfortably
unconsciously
unequivocally
unnecessarily
astonishingly
authentically
conditionally
consecutively
conspicuously
contractually
cooperatively
diametrically
distinctively
energetically
frighteningly
frustratingly
grammatically
incrementally
intravenously
involuntarily

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14-letter words (394)

simultaneously
overwhelmingly
professionally
systematically
affectionately
alphabetically
coincidentally
conventionally
democratically
electronically
experimentally
geographically
intellectually
intermittently
mathematically
scientifically
understandably
unquestionably
unsuccessfully
unsurprisingly
wholeheartedly
confidentially
conservatively
constructively
differentially
diplomatically
embarrassingly
hypothetically
insufficiently
linguistically
longitudinally
metaphorically
preferentially
proportionally
quantitatively
satisfactorily
subconsciously
uncontrollably
absentmindedly
advantageously
agriculturally
apologetically
astronomically
asymmetrically
asymptotically
breathtakingly
contemptuously
entertainingly
etymologically
evolutionarily
excruciatingly
hierarchically

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15-letter words (263)

internationally
environmentally
extraordinarily
inappropriately
psychologically
technologically
unconditionally
unintentionally
architecturally
chronologically
collaboratively
comprehensively
computationally
controversially
correspondingly
developmentally
instantaneously
interchangeably
morphologically
philosophically
physiologically
proportionately
retrospectively
surreptitiously
sympathetically
unceremoniously
aerodynamically
authoritatively
compassionately
condescendingly
congressionally
conscientiously
demographically
disappointingly
dispassionately
disrespectfully
euphemistically
gravitationally
heartbreakingly
infinitesimally
institutionally
microscopically
perpendicularly
stereotypically
temperamentally
therapeutically
topographically
unquestioningly
unrealistically
algorithmically
atmospherically
compositionally

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Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.

Questions

How many words ending in LY are there?

Our word list has 6,026 words ending in LY. 355 of them are common everyday words.

What is the longest word ending in LY?

The longest have 15 letters, for example INTERNATIONALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY and EXTRAORDINARILY.

Which word ending in LY scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, QUIZZICALLY scores 43 points, the most of any word ending in LY in our list.