Language isn't designed and built like a building, language evolves from the languages before it. The English language evolved from a number of languages, and includes words adopted from languages outside it's origins.
That is why all adverbs don't in in 'ly''; that's why all the rules have exceptions; that's why many words have very different meanings that aren't related.
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Adverbs often end in -ly. Often is an example of an adverb that does not end in -ly.
Most adverbs end in -ly - for example, happily, slowly, carefully.
No, giant is not an adverb. An adverb is any word that describes a verb(action words such as jumped, ran or swam). You can easily identify some adverbs because they end in ly. Although not all adverbs end in ly.
Examples of adverbs that start with M and end with LY are:magicallymainlymajesticallymeaningfullymeasurablymechanicallymedicallymenacinglymerelymerrilymethodicallymiserablymonthlymorallymostlymysteriously
Perhaps not so much unusual, but for those of you who think that all adverbs end in -ly here are a few alternatives; almost, even, very, far, fast, less, only, tomorrow