adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner are usually formed from adjectives by adding ly: bad > badly; quiet > quietly; recent > recently; sudden > suddenly but there are sometimes changes in spelling: easy > easily; gentle > gently If an adjective ends in ly we use the phrase in a . way to express manner: Silly > He behaved in a silly way. Friendly > She spoke in a friendly way. A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective: They all worked hard. She usually arrives late. I hate driving fast. Note: hardly and lately have different meanings: He could hardly walk = It was difficult for him to walk. I havent seen John lately = I havent seen John recently. We often use phrases with like as adverbials of manner: She slept like a baby. He ran like a rabbit.

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 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

Adverbs of manner and link verbs

We very often use adverbials with like after link verbs: Her hands felt like ice. It smells like fresh bread. But we do not use other adverbials of manner after link verbs. We use adjectives instead: They looked happily happy. That bread smells deliciously delicious.

greedily happily hard hastily healthily 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 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

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