Adverbs

Examples Help! Adverbs - the Definition and Meaning of an Adverb

What is an adverb? An adverb is one of the primary parts of speech. The meaning or definition of a adverb is as follows:


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List of Adverbs
The following is a list of many different types of adverbs - these examples show how adding an 'ly' to an adjective forms adverbs:

 

List of Adverbs
accidentally
afterwards
almost
always
angrily
annually
anxiously
awkwardly
badly
blindly
boastfully
boldly
bravely
briefly
brightly
busily
calmly
carefully
carelessly
cautiously
cheerfully
clearly
correctly
courageously
crossly
cruelly
daily
defiantly
deliberately
doubtfully
easily
elegantly
enormously
enthusiastically
equally
even
eventually
exactly
faithfully
far
fast
fatally
fiercely
fondly
foolishly
fortunately
frantically
gently
 
gladly
gracefully
greedily
happily
hastily
honestly
hourly
hungrily
innocently
inquisitively
irritably
joyously
justly
kindly
lazily
less
loosely
loudly
madly
merrily
monthly
more
mortally
mysteriously
nearly
neatly
nervously
never
noisily
not
obediently
obnoxiously
often
only
painfully
perfectly
politely
poorly
powerfully
promptly
punctually
quickly
quietly
rapidly
rarely
really
recklessly
regularly
reluctantly
repeatedly
rightfully
roughly
rudely
sadly
safely
seldom
selfishly
seriously
shakily
sharply
shrilly
shyly
silently
sleepily
slowly
smoothly
softly
solemnly
sometimes
soon
speedily
stealthily
sternly
successfully
suddenly
suspiciously
swiftly
tenderly
tensely
thoughtfully
tightly
tomorrow
too
truthfully
unexpectedly
very
victoriously
violently
vivaciously
warmly
weakly
wearily
well
wildly
yearly
yesterday
List of Adverbs

 

Definition & Meaning of an Adverb
An adverb is a word that adds information to a verb, an adjective or an adverb.

The commonest way to form an adverb is to add the letters 'ly' to the adjective

Examples: brightly, very, quickly, beautifully, quietly, very soon, in a hurry.

Definition & Meaning of an Adverb

 

Examples Help! Types of Adverbs

An adverb is a word which modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Thus, in the example—"He writes well," the adverb shows the manner in which the writing is performed; in the examples—"He is remarkably diligent" and "He works very faithfully," the adverbs modify the adjective diligent and the other adverb faithfully by expressing the degree of diligence and faithfulness.

Adverbs are chiefly used to express in one word what would otherwise require two or more words; 'There' signifies in that place; 'usefully' signifies in a useful manner.

Adverbs, like adjectives, are sometimes varied in their terminations to express comparison and different degrees of quality. Some adverbs form the comparative and superlative by adding 'er' and 'est'; soon, sooner, soonest.
 


Adverbs which end in 'ly' are compared by prefixing more and most; nobly, more nobly, most nobly.

A few adverbs are irregular in the formation of the comparative and superlative; well, better, best.

Examples Help - Understanding the Different Adverbs!

Understanding the different types of adverbs is a basic requirement of the English language. We hope the above information will be of some assistance.

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