具体规则如下:
1.一般情况下直接加“ly”,如:
quick-quickly; polite-politely; sad-sadly; imediate-immediately; recent-recently
2. 少数以e结尾的`形容词,要去掉e再加-ly。如:true-truly; due-duly
绝大多数辅音字母加e结尾的形容词直接加-ly。如:
polite-politely; wide-widely; wise-wisely;nice-nicely
3. 以“y”结尾的,且读音为 / i /, 先将“y”改成“i”,再加“ly”,如:
happy-happily; heavy-heavily; angry-angrily; busy-busily
但是如果读音为 / ai /, 直接加ly,如:dry-dryly; sly-slyly; shy---shyly
4.以ic 结尾的词,加ally,如:
economic-economically; basic-basically; scientific-scientifically; automatic-automatically; energetic-energetically;但是public-publicly 例外。
5.以辅音字母加le结尾时,去e加y,如:
simple-simply; considerable-considerably; terrible-terribly
gentle-gently; possible-possibly; probable-probably; incredible-incredibly
元音字母加le时加 ly,如:sole-solely。但是whole-wholly例外。
6. 以-ll结尾时,只须加 –y,如:dull-dully; shrill-shrilly
需注意: 有些以ly结尾的词是形容词而非副词。如:
friendly people; motherlycare; lovely dog; monthlyexam; heavenly peace; amanlysport