Suddenley or suddenly?
Did you mean suddenly? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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suddenley
Correct
suddenly
Correct spelling: suddenly. Misspelling: suddenley.
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Memory tip
Sudden + ly: just add -ly.
Why people write “suddenley”
The misspelling “suddenley” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, E.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make suddenly automatic.
Other misspellings of “suddenly”
People also write “suddently”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“suddently”
Correct spelling: suddenly. Misspelling: suddently.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “suddently” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, T.
What does “suddenly” mean?
suddenly adverb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Suddenly” in a sentence
- Suddenly the lights went out.
- Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side.
- He stopped suddenly.
- He decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment.
Is “suddenly” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“suddenley” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SUDDENLY.