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
Right now, approximately 100 million Americans are either âpoorâ or ânear poorâ. For a lot of people âpovertyâ can be a nebulous concept, so letâs define it. The poverty level as defined by the federal government in 2010 was $11,139 for an individual and $22,314 for a family of four.