mulkt/ silly (adverb)
Daily Word and Grammar
mulct - \MULKT\
A fine or penalty - noun
transitive verb:
1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or
demanding a forfeiture.
2. To obtain by fraud or deception.
3. To defraud; to swindle.
Police officers in many countries live a king's life by mulcting the
public in a variety of legal and extra-legal ways.
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WRONG TO CORRECT:
WRONG: She behaved rather silly.
(1) CORRECT: Her behaviour was rather silly.
(2) CORRECT: She behaved in a rather silly way.
(3) CORRECT: She behaved rather stupidly.
GRAMMAR: Some words - brotherly, cowardly, elderly, fatherly,
friendly/ unfriendly, likely/ unlikely, lively, manly, motherly,
silly, sisterly, ugly, womanly - do not have corresponding adverbs. So
use either a different structure (2) or an adverb with a similar
meaning (3).
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