Words ending in _y_ preceded by a vowel retain the _y_; as, gay, _gayly_,
_gayness_, _gayety_; pray, _prayer_, _praying_, _prayed_, _prays_.
_Remark._—From day, lay, pay, say, stay, are formed _daily_,
_laid_, _paid_, _said_, _saith_, _staid_. The regular words
_dayly_, _layed_, _payed_, _sayeth_, and _stayed_, are
sometimes used.