Adverb Formation

Adverbs that end in -ly are formed by adding -ly to an adjective, a present participle, or a past
participle.
- from an adjective
careful - carefully
beautiful - beautiful
fitting - fittingly

from a present participle

willing - willingly
glowing - glowingly
surprising - surprisingly

- from a past participle

assured - assuredly
affected - affectedly
surprised - surprisedly

When adjective ends in -able or -ible, the adverb is formed by replacing final -e with -y
horrible - horribly
terrible - terribly
When adjective ends in -y, the adverb is formed by replacing final -y with -ily
happy - happily
lucky - luckily
When adjective ends in -ic, the adverb is formed by replacing final -ic with -ically
economic - economically
ironic - ironically