English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (GAB)

Some adverbs don’t attract -ly

She rejected the result outrightly (nonstandard).
She rejected the result outright (standard).

She seldomly comes here (nonstandard).
She seldom comes here (standard).

She talks fastly (nonstandard).
She talks fast (standard).
GAB

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