This is an all-ears English podcast, episode 2444, grammar that breaks the rules part one, adjectives that end in L.Y.

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Is every word that ends in L.Y.

An adverb?

Nope.

Today, in the first installment of this three-part series,

we share exceptions to this English grammar rule

so that you can avoid this common pitfall.

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