Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 1. Словообразование. Маковецкая Н.А - 23 стр.

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looked unnaturally detached that night and seemed to have no words except his
‘yes’ and ‘no’. 15. She was at cross purposes with everyone and held detached
views on everything. 16. The trial of Leonard Vole took place in London. He
would have preferred her to be a more unbiased witness. 17. Dry flyaways can’t
compete with full, sexy beach hair; chapped, flaky, wind-burned cheeks are
much less appealing than glowing sun-kissed skin (ELLE, № 206, 2002). 18. My
feelings about Garfield are further bedevilled by what Garfield has become
(D.Mackenzie). 19. She was wearing the flowered dress she had found in a flea
market (R.Prestley). 20. … old-fashioned countrified house (J. Tolkien).

                                    Suffix - ly.

Exercise. Analyse the italicized words from the point of view of polyfunctionality
of items. Say whether the suffix –ly is inflexional or derivational? Comment on the
instances of lexical isolation of the words in –ly. What stylistic effect do these
words help to achieve?
1. Seale reflected, and finally said unwillingly: “I can’t really say, you know, that
he did” (A.Christie). 2. Poirot said thoughtfully: “You think Amberiotis shot
Morley?” (Bid). 3. … who was holding the head of the arrow thoughtfully
(J.Dickey). 4. “He gave me a long serious glance, closed his eyes again tiredly and
settled farther down on his back” (Bid). 5. “He … came trailing in, with one large
flat foot feeling reluctantly for the new bit of ground.” (Bid). 6. Terence was
unwholesomely beautiful (I.McEwan). 7. He glanced coldly at George and then at
Lennie (J.Updike). 8. Two or three times now quiet, lonely, protective girls had
fallen hopelessly for Terence and his ways, but, tellingly, he was not interested
(I.McEwan). 9. “Not a bit good,” said Soames, and sat down gloomily
(J.Galsworthy). 10. He followed doggedly along a shady alley, losing sight of her
now and then when the path curved (Bid). 11. Curly looked threateningly about the
room (J.Steinbeck). 12. He has read widely in literature and profited emotionally
from the experience (R.Bradbury). 13. I was used to hearing Martha’s breath bring
me back, for she breathed heavily, but this time it was the wind (J.Dickey). 14.
Adding to the farmer image, he dressed tweedily (A.Hailey). 15. … until the leg
made longer by the position bent gracefully at the knee (J.Dickey). 16. … and the
tree began to glow softly (Bid). 17. My feet slanted painfully in one direction or
another (Bid). 18. Mast could only hate him; viciously, bitterly, terrifiedly and with
horror (J.Jones). 19. He swung back loose-jointedly to the table (E.Hemingway).
20. Mr. Smeeth thought about this extra money and delightedly considered what
might be done with it (J.Priestley). 21. Turgis swallowed desperately: “I’m not
sure about that,” he declared (Bid). 22. When, in despair, he crumpled the paper
and flung down his pen and then wandered wretchedly to the window … (Bid). 23.
… wondering indignantly what on earth she had against them (Bid). 24. “Take a
shovel,” said Slim shortly (J.Steinbeck). 25. A forkful of scallop is immeasurably
easier to lift than the glass of wine… (R.Tremain). 26. There, in mirror, I was the
survivor of some kind of explosion, with a shirt-sleeve rippled off and a pant’s leg
blown open, bearded and red-eyed, not able to speak. Out of this, I smiled, very