-ly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -ly \-ly\suff. [OE. -lich, AS. -lic, orig. the same word as E.
     like, a. See {Like}, a.]
     A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting
     likeness or resemblance; as, housewifely duties.
  
     Syn: -ish(postnominal), -y(postnominal).


          [1913 Webster]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ly
       
           The {country code} for Libya.
       
          (1999-01-27)