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How many morphemes in happily?

There are two morphemes in the word "happily".

* happy - This is the base morpheme, meaning joyful or content.

* -ly - This is a suffix that changes the base word into an adverb, indicating manner.

So, "happily" is a combination of the base morpheme "happy" and the suffix "-ly", forming a single word with a different grammatical function.

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