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Suffixes and Meaning
Term | Definition |
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-y | creates adjectives |
-ly, -ily | creates adverbs |
-er, -ier | compares 2 things |
-est, -iest | compares more than 2 things |
-er, -or | doer |
-ian, -ist | agents, someone or somethings that does |
-ment | action or process |
-ness | state of being |
-less | without |
-ory, -ary, -ery | signals noun or adjective |
-ity, -ty | condition or quality of something |
-ic | related to or associated with |
-al, -ial | related to or associated with |
-ful | full of |
-ous, -ious | having qualities of |
-en | to cause to be or to be |
-ize | to cause to be or to be |
-ify | to cause to be or to be |