Adverbs

A word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase: Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs indicate time, manner, place, degree and frequency of something.

Adverbs are usually formed by adding ‘ly’ to the end of an adjective.

He ran quickly, the adverb ‘quickly’ modifies the verb ‘ran’.

In the phrase “she smiled cheerfully”, the word “cheerfully” is an adverb

Time: I always start work early

Manner: She rides her horse carefully

Place: When we got there, we had to wait to eat dinner.

Degree: In Alaska it is very cold, isn’t it?

Frequency: I’m always late to an appointment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb

 

A

B

C

D

abnormally

back

calmly

daily

about

bashfully

carefully

daintily

absentmindedly

beautifully

carelessly

dearly

accidentally

before

cautiously

deceivingly

actually

back

certainly

deeply

actually

bashfully

cheerfully

defiantly

adventurously

beautifully

clearly

deliberately

afterwards

before

cleverly

delightfully

again

back

close

diligently

ago

bashfully

closely

dimly

ahead

beautifully

coaxingly

directly

all

before

colorfully

doubtfully

almost

best

commonly

down

alone

better

continually

dreamily

already

bitterly

coolly

 

also

bleakly

correctly

 

always

blindly

courageously

 

always

blissfully

crossly

 

annually

boastfully

cruelly

 

anxiously

boldly

curiously

 

around

both

 

 

arrogantly

bravely

 

 

as

briefly

 

 

away

brightly

 

 

awkwardly

briskly

 

 

 

broadly

 

 

 

busily

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

F

G

H

early

fairly

generally

happily

easily

faithfully

generously

hard

either

famously

gently

hastily

elegantly

far

gladly

healthily

else

fast

gleefully

heavily

energetically

fatally

gracefully

helpfully

enormously

ferociously

gratefully

helplessly

enough

fervently

greatly

here

enthusiastically

fiercely

greedily

highly

equally

finally

 

home

especially

fondly

 

honestly

especially

foolishly

 

hopelessly

even

fortunately

 

hopelessly

evenly

forward

 

hourly

eventually

frankly

 

how

ever

frantically

 

however

exactly

freely

 

hungrily

excitedly

frenetically

 

 

extremely

frightfully

 

 

 

fully

 

 

 

furiously

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

J

K

L

immediately

jaggedly

keenly

later

in

jaggedly

kiddingly

lazily

indeed

jealously

kindly

least

innocently

jovially

knavishly

les

inquisitively

joyfully

knowingly

less

instantly

joyously

knowledgeably

lightly

instead

jubilantly

kookily

likely

intensely

judgmentally

 

limply

intently

just

 

little

interestingly

justly

 

lively

inwardly

 

 

loftily

irritably

 

 

long

 

 

 

longingly

 

 

 

loosely

 

 

 

loudly

 

 

 

lovingly

 

 

 

loyally

 

 

 

 

M

N

O

P

madly

naturally

objectively

painfully

majestically

nearly

observantly

partially

maybe

neatly

obliviously

particularly

meaningfully

nervously

obnoxiously

patiently

mechanically

never

obliquely

perfectly

merrily

nicely

obediently

perhaps

miserably

no

officially

physically

mockingly

noisily

offhandedly

playfully

monthly

not

offensively

politely

more

now

often

poorly

mortally

 

openly

positively

most

 

openly

potentially

mostly

 

oddly

powerfully

much

 

odorlessly

pretty

mysteriously

 

ok

probably

 

 

on

promptly

 

 

once

properly

 

 

only

punctually

 

 

openly

 

 

 

optimistically

 

 

 

out

 

 

 

over

 

 

 

overconfidently

 

 

 

 

 

Q

R

S

T

quaintly

randomly

safely

tenderly

queasily

rapidly

scarcely

tensely

queerly

rarely

scarily

terribly

questionably

rather

searchingly

thankfully

quicker

readily

sedately

that

quickly

really

seemingly

then

quietly

really

seldom

there

quirkily

reassuringly

selfishly

thoroughly

quite

recently

separately

thoughtfully

quizzically

recklessly

seriously

thus

 

regularly

shakily

tightly

 

reluctantly

sharply

to

 

repeatedly

sheepishly

today

 

reproachfully

shrilly

together

 

restfully

shyly

tomorrow

 

right

silently

tonight

 

righteously

simply

too

 

rightfully

sleepily

tremendously

 

rigidly

slowly

triumphantly

 

roughly

smoothly

truly

 

rudely

so

truthfully

 

 

softly

 

 

 

solemnly

 

 

 

solemnly

 

 

 

solidly

 

 

 

sometimes

 

 

 

soon

 

 

 

speedily

 

 

 

stealthily

 

 

 

sternly

 

 

 

still

 

 

 

strictly

 

 

 

successfully

 

 

 

suddenly

 

 

 

supposedly

 

 

 

surprisingly

 

 

 

suspiciously

 

 

 

sweetly

 

 

 

swiftly

 

 

 

sympathetically

 

 

 

 

 

U

V

W

Y

ultimately

vacantly

warmly

yawningly

unabashedly

vaguely

weakly

yearly

unaccountably

vainly

wearily

yearningly

unbearably

valiantly

well

yesterday

unethically

vastly

wetly

yet

unexpectedly

verbally

when

yieldingly

unfortunately

very

where

youthfully

unimpressively

viciously

wholly

 

unnaturally

victoriously

why

 

unnecessarily

violently

wildly

 

up

vivaciously

willfully

 

upbeat

voluntarily

wisely

 

upright

 

woefully

 

upside-down

 

wonderfully

 

upward

 

worriedly

 

urgently

 

wrongly

 

usefully

 

 

 

uselessly

 

 

 

usually

 

 

 

utterly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z

 

 

 

zealously

 

 

 

zestfully

 

 

 

zestily

 

 

 

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