ly

As a noun ly

is reason.

As a proper noun ing

is shortened from inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like ing-britt and ing-marie.

As a noun ly is

reason.

As an adjective od

is .

As a noun ly is

reason.

As nouns the difference between ly and sprawl

is that ly is reason while sprawl is an ungainly sprawling posture.

As a verb sprawl is

to sit with the limbs spread out.

As nouns the difference between mistake and ly

is that mistake is an error; a blunder while ly is reason.

As a verb mistake

is to understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.

As nouns the difference between civilization and ly

is that civilization is an organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development while ly is abbreviation of lightyear.

As a proper noun civilization

is collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World