LY is a versatile word that often serves as an adverbial suffix, adding meaning to a word. There are several synonyms for LY, such as adjectival suffixes like -ar, -ose, -al, and -ic. These suffixes can also provide a similar meaning by adding to the description of what the word is like. Words like, gradually, softly, quickly, powerfully, and repeatedly have the same meaning as gradually, soft, quick, power, and repeat. Another set of synonyms for LY includes adverbs like completely, entirely, thoroughly, wholly, and fully, which implies totality or completeness. Finally, LY has synonyms in prefixes such as un-, dis-, and pre-, which typically offer negative, opposing or making an action occur before.