-ibly
variant of -ably:
credibly; visibly.
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- -ic
a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally in greek and latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses “having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the base noun) (balletic; soph-m-ric); “in the style of” (byronic; miltonic); […]
- -ical
a combination of -ic and -al1 , used in forming adjectives from nouns (rhetorical), providing synonyms to words ending in -ic, (poetical), and providing an adjective with additional meanings to those in the -ic, form (economical). -ical suffix a variant of -ic economical, fanatical derived forms word origin -ical adj. suffix, mostly the same as […]
- -ically
a suffix used to form adverbs from adjectives ending in -ic, (terrifically) and -ical, (poetically; magically).
- -ician
a suffix forming personal nouns denoting occupations: beautician; mortician. -ician suffix indicating a person skilled or involved in a subject or activity physician, beautician word origin
- -ics
a suffix of nouns that denote a body of facts, knowledge, principles, etc., usually corresponding to adjectives ending in -ic, or -ical: ethics; physics; politics; tactics . usage note -ics suffix (functioning as sing) indicating a science, art, or matters relating to a particular subject aeronautics, politics indicating certain activities or practices acrobatics word origin […]