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
The estimate of 9 million counts as poor anyone whose family income falls below the government's official poverty level, which in 1999 is $16,700 for a family of four and $13,880 for a family of three. But many people suggest that the official poverty level is too low.