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.
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Current US Poverty Statistics. Income i. ï· The federal poverty line is $11,892 for individuals and $23,836 for a family of four. ï· The official poverty rate is 14.5%, meaning 45.3 million people in the US live in poverty, up by over 8 million since. 2008. An additional 97.3 million (33%) of people living in the United States are low-income, defined as incomes. below twice the federal poverty line, or $47,700 for a family of four.