What is an Adverb
- An adverb tells us more about a verb
- An adverb describes or modifies the verb in some way
- Many adverbs end with the suffix “ly” but not all.
- Adverbs often tell us how something happened
Adverb Definition
Adverbs answer these questions
- How
- When
- Where
- To what extent
- Why
Adverb Examples List
An adverb describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb, it tells us how, where, when, why and with what frequency. Here are some adverbs.
| HOW | WHERE | WHEN |
|---|---|---|
| quickly cheerfully efficiently painfully easily secretly quietly peacefully cleverly |
at the park inside the bag outside the shop in the theater on the desk in the cupboard at home near the tree on the farm |
now yesterday in a minute at night at 5 o’clock before sunset soon tomorrow today |
| WHY | FREQUENCY |
|---|---|
| because she was late as everyone was asleep because he was tired as it was time to leave because he couldn’t sleep as they were hungry because he turned too quickly because it was her birthday as Peter was very angry |
often sometimes every week monthly always never hourly seldom frequently annually |
Adverbs for Kids
Vocabulary list by Opposites (or Antonyms)
List of Adverbs
Top 100
| Top 100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not also very often however too usually really early never always sometimes together likely simply generally instead actually again rather |
almost especially ever quickly probably already below directly therefore else thus easily eventually exactly certainly normally currently extremely finally constantly |
properly soon specifically ahead daily highly immediately relatively slowly fairly primarily completely ultimately widely recently seriously frequently fully mostly naturally |
nearly occasionally carefully clearly essentially possibly slightly somewhat equally greatly necessarily personally rarely regularly similarly basically closely effectively initially literally |
mainly merely gently hopefully originally roughly significantly totally twice elsewhere everywhere obviously perfectly physically successfully suddenly truly virtually altogether anyway |
Top 100 +
| Top 100+ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| automatically deeply definitely deliberately hardly readily terribly unfortunately forth briefly moreover strongly honestly previously as there when how so up |
out no only well then first where why now around once down off here tonight away today far quite later |
above yet maybe otherwise near forward somewhere anywhere please forever somehow absolutely abroad yeah nowhere tomorrow yesterday the to in |
on by more about such through new just any each much before between free right best since both sure without |
back better enough lot small though less little under next hard real left least short last within along lower TRUE |
Adverbs of Frequency
Always – Usually – Frequently – Often – Sometimes – Occasionally – Seldom – Rarely – Never
Conjunctive Adverbs
accordingly – additionally – also – anyway – besides – certainly – comparatively – consequently – conversely – elsewhere – equally – finally – further – furthermore – hence – henceforth – however – incidentally – indeed – instead – likewise – meanwhile – moreover – namely – nevertheless – next – nonetheless – now – otherwise – rather – similarly – still -subsequently – then – thereafter – therefore – thus – undoubtedly – yet
List of Common Adverbs
| A
abnormally |
B
badly |
C calmly carefully carelessly cautiously certainly cheerfully clearly cleverly closely coaxingly colorfully commonly continually coolly correctly courageously crossly cruelly curiously |
D daily daintily dearly deceivingly delightfully deeply defiantly deliberately delightfully diligently dimly doubtfully dreamily |
E easily elegantly energetically enormously enthusiastically equally especially even evenly eventually exactly excitedly extremely |
| F fairly faithfully famously far fast fatally ferociously fervently fiercely fondly foolishly fortunately frankly frantically freely frenetically frightfully fully furiously |
G generally generously gently gladly gleefully gracefully gratefully greatly greedily |
H happily hastily healthily heavily helpfully helplessly highly honestly hopelessly hourly hungrily |
I immediately innocently inquisitively instantly intensely intently interestingly inwardly irritably |
J jaggedly jealousy joshingly joyfully joyously jovially jubilantly judgementally justly |
| K keenly kiddingly kindheartedly kindly kissingly knavishly knottily knowingly knowledgeably kookily |
L
lazily |
M madly majestically meaningfully mechanically merrily miserably mockingly monthly more mortally mostly mysteriously |
N naturally nearly neatly needily nervously never nicely noisily not |
O obediently obnoxiously oddly offensively officially often only openly optimistically overconfidently owlishly |
| P
painfully |
Q
quaintly |
R
rapidly |
S
sadly |
T
tenderly |
| U
ultimately |
V
vacantly |
W
warmly |
Y
yawningly |
Z
zealously |