Adverbs-Form and Use

Adverb is the word that say somthing about verb or adjective.

             For Example : Piti Usha runs fast.         

  

            Here, fast is the word that says how Piti Usha runs. In this way this is called an adverb of  this sentence.

           Thus, we can find adverbs by asking question to verb with the word "how"

Kinds of adverbs

Manner:   bravely, fast, happily, hard, quickly, well

Place:    by, down, here, near, there, up

Time:    now, soon. still, then, today, yet

Frequency:   always, never, occasionally, often, twice

Sentence:   certainly, definitely, luckily, surely

Degree:   fairly, hardly, rather, quite, too, very

Interrogative:   when? where? why?

Relative:   when, where, why

Form and use

            The formation of adverbs with ly

A          Many adverbs of manner and some adverbs of degree are formed by adding ly to the corresponding adjectives:

grave, gravely    immediate, immediately    slow, slowly

Spelling notes

(a) A final y changes to i: happy, happily.

(b) A final e is retained: extreme, extremely.

Exceptions : true, due, whole become truly, duly, wholly.

(c) Adjectives ending in able/ible drop the final e and add y:

capable, capably               sensible, sensibly

(d) Adjectives ending in a vowel + l follow the usual rule:

beautiful, beautifully          final, finally

B          Exceptions

The adverb of good is well.

kindly can be adjective or adverb, but other adjectives ending in ly, e.g. friendly, likely, lonely etc., cannot be used as adverbs and have no adverb form. To supply this deficiency we use a similar adverb or adverb phrase :

likely (adjective)      friendly (adjective)        probably (adverb)      in a friendly way (adverb phrase)

C          Some adverbs have a narrower meaning than their corresponding adjectives or differ from them. coldly, coolly, hotly, warmly are used mainly of feelings:

We received them coldly, (in an unfriendly way)

They denied the accusation hotly, (indignantly)

She welcomed us warmly, (in a friendly way)

But warmly dressed = wearing warm clothes.

coolly = calmly/courageously or calmly/impudently;

He behaved very coolly in this dangerous situation. 

presently = soon: He'll be here presently.