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I agree with Bob only insofar as the productive pattern is -olely and not -olly. I wouldn't choose to allow *wholely. By productive, I mean that coined adverbs from words ending in -ole would likely form the adverb in -olely.

If I were to talk about how animals walk, I might coin an adverb: "Magoo walked molely (not molly) back to his home."
If I were to talk about global spin: "Our plane's route flew polely (not polly) to Asia."
If I were to talk about method acting: "The understudy spent her entire time backstage in character, talking, moving, and thinking rolely (not rolly)."