Many adverbs end in â-lyâ. If you are not sure of the part of speech a word would be, and it ends with â-lyâ, it is probably an adverb. Examples include: 1  Financially. 2  Willfully. 3  Abruptly. 4  Endlessly. 5  Firmly. 6  Delightfully.
How Many Americans Live In Poverty? : Planet Money Almost 50 million people in the U.S. are poor according to a new report. That's three million more than the traditional poverty measure suggests. Accessibility links
Dec 15, 2010 7:00 AM EST. The Poorest Counties in the U.S. Sadly, the U.S. isnât getting any richer. According to the latest data set from the U.S. Census Bureau, 14.3% of the country, or 42.9 million Americans, lived below the poverty line in 2009, an increase of 3.5 million from the year before.