In a manner relating to or characteristic of an adjective; functioning as or in the style of an adjective.
From adjectival + -ly adverb suffix. This creates an adverb form that describes how something operates with adjective-like qualities.
It's wonderfully meta—you use an adverb to describe how something behaves like an adjective, showing how language builds complexity by stacking modifiers on top of each other.
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