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How many morphemes in wholeheartedly?

Let's break down the word "wholeheartedly" to count its morphemes:

* whole - This is a free morpheme, meaning it can stand alone as a word.

* heart - Another free morpheme.

* -ed - This is a bound morpheme, a suffix that indicates past tense. It can't stand alone as a word.

* -ly - This is also a bound morpheme, a suffix that indicates an adverb.

Therefore, "wholeheartedly" has four morphemes.

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