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How many morphemes in friendliest?

The word "friendliest" has three morphemes:

* friend - the base word, meaning a person you like and trust

* -ly - a suffix that turns an adjective into an adverb

* -est - a suffix that turns an adjective into its superlative form

So, the breakdown is: friend + -ly + -est = friendliest.

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