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*''cheerily'' from ''cheery'' (note the orthographic change in the original adjective)
 
*''cheerily'' from ''cheery'' (note the orthographic change in the original adjective)
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The suffix -ly, or the similar German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian suffixes, derive from the Germanic word ''lich'', meaning "body", "shape". "Quickly" could therefore be interpreted as meaning "with a quick body". By comparison, the Romance suffixes -mente, -ment, or -mense come from the latin "mens", meaning "mind".
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The suffix -ly, or the similar German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian suffixes, derive from the Germanic word ''lich'', meaning "body", "shape". "Quickly" could therefore be interpreted as meaning "with a quick body". By comparison, the Romance suffixes -mente, -ment, or -mense come from the Latin "mens", meaning "mind".
 
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