List of Adverbs

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Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens.

Example:

The man worked. (This sentence is without adverb of manner)
The man worked hard. (The adverb of manner is hard. This describes how the man worked.)

accidentally	angrily	anxiously	awkwardly	badly
beautifully	blindly	boldly	bravely	brightly
busily	calmly	carefully	carelessly	cautiously
cheerfully	clearly	closely	correctly	courageously
cruelly	daringly	deliberately	doubtfully	eagerly
easily	elegantly	enormously	enthusiastically	equally
eventually	exactly	faithfully	fast	fatally
fiercely	fondly	foolishly	fortunately	frankly
frantically	generously	gently	gladly	gracefully
greedily	happily	hard	hastily	healthily
honestly	hungrily	hurriedly	inadequately	ingeniously
innocently	inquisitively	irritably	joyously	justly
kindly	lazily	loosely	loudly	madly
mortally	mysteriously	naturally	neatly	nervously
noisily	obediently	openly	painfully	patiently
perfectly	politely	poorly	powerfully	promptly
punctually	quickly	quietly	rapidly	rarely
really	recklessly	regularly	reluctantly	repeatedly
rightfully	roughly	rudely	sadly	safely
selfishly	sensibly	seriously	sharply	shyly
silently	sleepily	slowly	smoothly	so
softly	solemnly	speedily	stealthily	sternly
straight	stupidly	successfully	suddenly	suspiciously
swiftly	tenderly	tensely	thoughtfully	tightly
truthfully	unexpectedly	victoriously	violently	vivaciously
warmly	weakly	wearily	well	wildly
wisely

Examples:

The player quickly drank his tea. (His drinking was quick)

The boss told me to come to his office quickly. (I went quickly to the office.)

Adverbs of Place

Adverbs of place tell us where something happens.

about	above	abroad	across	ahead
anywhere	away	back	backwards	behind
below	beyond	down	downstairs	downwards
east	eastwards	elsewhere	everywhere	far
forwards	here	home	homewards	in
indoors	inside	inwards	near	nearby
northwards	nowhere	off	on	onwards
out	outside	outwards	over	overseas
somewhere	southwards	there	towards	under
underground	up	upstairs	upwards	west
westwards	where

Adverbs of Purpose

Adverbs of Purpose tell us the reason.

accidentally	because	carefully	in order to	intentionally
purposely	since	so	so that	that
to

Adverbs of Time

Adverbs of time tell us when something happens.

after	already	annually	before	daily
during	early	earlier	eventually	finally
first	formerly	fortnightly	hourly	just
last	late	later	lately	monthly
next	nightly	now	previously	quarterly
recently	since	soon	still	then
today	tomorrow	tonight	weekly	when
while	yearly	yesterday	yet

Adverbs of Frequency

These adverbs tell us how often something happens.

always	almost always	almost never	constantly
frequently	generally	hardly ever	infrequently
nearly	never	normally	now
now and then	occasionally	often	once in a while
periodically	rarely	regularly	scarcely ever
seldom	sometimes	usually

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