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[simon1234]

Hi there,
How to say '-fully' or '-fully' as '...fly? 'u' is silent?

Tks
simon

 

[Barb_D]

None of the areas where I have lived would say, for example, "Cheerfully" as "cheerfly."
-fully has two syllables.

 

[Johnson_F]

I have very rarely heard 'cheerfully' pronounced with only two syllables, though I have commonly heard it pronounced in BrE with a very weak schwa (/[FONT=&quot]ə/) between /f/ and /l/,
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[Raymott]

Hi there,
How to say '-fully' or '-fully' as '...fly? 'u' is silent?

Tks
simon

Not, the 'u' isn't silent. It's a schwa, as mentioned above.

 

[Buddhaheart]

The “u” in “-ful” as a suffix to form an adjective or “-fully” to form an adverb is rarely silent, as most of us concurred in responding. It usually takes the short vowel sound “” (as in “foot” or “put”). It may also take the weak vowel sound, the schwa “c” (as in “about” or “circus”). This weak form, however does not happen in words when “ful-“ or “fully-“ becomes the prefix (as in “full-color” or “fully-clad”).