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Adverbs of Manner List
Adverbs of manner form the largest group of adverbs. We make most of them simply by adding -ly to their corresponding adjective. This is an alphabetical list of 130 common single-word adverbs of manner. Adverbs of manner that do not end in -ly are shown in bold.
accidentally
angrily
anxiously
awkwardly
badly
beautifully
blindly
boldly
bravely
brightly
busilycalmly
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
hastilyhealthily
honestly
hungrily
hurriedly
inadequately
ingeniously
innocently
inquisitively
irritably
joyously
justly
kindly
lazily
loosely
loudly
madly
mortally
mysteriously
neatly
nervously
noisily
obediently
openly
painfully
patiently
perfectly
politely
poorly
powerfully
promptly
punctually
quickly
quietly
rapidly
rarely
really
recklessly
regularly
reluctantlyrepeatedly
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
wildlywisely

The cheetah ran | fast | |
The ant shouted | | |
The tortoise walked | | |
The music played | | |
The bird sang | | |
The elephant balanced | | |
She smiled | | |
A banana peels | | |
The little boy behaved | | |
He held his grandson | | |
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB
 
THE DIFFERENCE
An adjective tells us more about a noun. Example: anexpensive car, a clever girl
An adverb tells us more about a verb. Example: He talked nervously.
Wie ist eine Person (Sache)? »»» adjective.
Wie tut eine Person etwas? »»» adverb.
 
THE ADVERB
 
HOW TO FORM
Adjective + ly
sad | sadly | quiet | quietly |
nervous | nervously | soft | softly |
 
Adjectives ending in -y »»» ily
happy | happily | angry | angrily |
 
Adjectives ending inle »»» ly
terrible | terribly | capable | capably |
 
Adjectives ending in ly
friendly | in a friendly way / manner | daily | daily |
lively | in a lively way / manner | early | early |
lonely | in a lonely way / manner | monthly | monthly |
lovely | in a lovely way / manner | weekly | weekly |
silly | in a silly way / manner | yearly | yearly |
Irregular forms
good | well | low |low |
fast | fast | straight | straight |
hard | hard | extra | extra |
long | long | doubtless | doubtless |
 
Double forms
hard | hard | hardly = kaum |
near | near | nearly = beinahe |
late | late | lately = in letzter Zeit |
 
HOW TO USE THE ADVERB
Verb + adverb
The adverb describes a verb ( eine Tätigkeit wird näher beschrieben).
Example: | He | drove | carefully. |   |  |
  |   | verb | adverb |   |   |
  | She | sold | her | house | quickly |
  |   | verb |   |   | adverb |
 
Adjective + adverb
The adverb describes an adjective (ein Adjektiv wird näher beschrieben).
Example: | Her | necklace | was | horribly | expensive. |
  |   |   |   | adverb | adjective |
  |   | She | was | terribly | sorry. |
  |   |   |   | adverb | adjective |
 Adverb + adverb
The adverb describes an adverb (ein Adverb wird näher beschrieben).
Example: | They | played | terribly | badly. |   |
  |   |   | adverb | adverb |   |
  | He did his homework | absolutely | correctly. |   |
  |   |   | adverb | adverb |   |
 
No adverb with the following verbs
forms of to be: | am, is, are, was, were, will be, have been, had been |
seem | get |...