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Irregular forms

There are some adjectives and adverbs that have the same
form, such as fast and hard. Some adverbs have two forms,
such as free (without payment) and freely (without limits or
restrictions)

Spelling Rules
Adjectives ending in -y usually change to -ily in the adverb.

Pretty- prettily
Happy happily
The following are all both adverbs and adjectives: daily,
monthly, weekly.
Weekly exercise is important.
Two meanings
The same adverb can sometimes be used as an adverb of
manner or of attitude, depending how and where it is used
in the sentence.
Naturally, he did better than his classmates in the exam (of
course he did)
He explained the problem very naturally (in a very natural
manner)

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