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"Kyle and his frog were happily eating a slice of yellow cake."

What part of speech is the word "happily" in this sentence?


adjective


verb


adverb


preposition

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Most words ending in ly are adverbs. There is a sure way to tell: put happily in front or behind a verb if you are uncertain.

happily eating. There is only 1 kind of eating in that sentence and that is happily. Eating is a verb. It shows action.

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