Adverbs List in English! Adverbs describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb. List of adverbs below will help you to understand adverbs a little better.
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Adverbs with “LY”
Common Adverbs List
Here is the list of adverbs with “ly”:
- Abruptly
- Absently
- Accusingly
- Actually
- Adversely
- Amazingly
- Angrily
- Arrogantly
- Bashfully
- Beautifully
- Boldly
- Brightly
- Calmly
- Carefully
- Cheaply
- Carelessly
- Certainly
- Clearly
- Closely
- Commonly
- Coolly
- Correctly
- Crossly
- Dearly
- Delightfully
- Desperately
- Determinedly
- Doggedly
- Energetically
- Extremely
- Especially
- Exactly
- Excitedly
- Expertly
- Fairly
- Famously
- Ferociously
- Finally
- Freely
- Fully
- Generally
- Generously
- Gently
- Greedily
- Guiltily
- Harshly
- Heartily
- Heavily
- Helplessly
- Immediately
- Increasingly
- Innocently
- Jokingly
- Knowingly
- Lightly
- Loudly
- Madly
- Meaningfully
- Mentally
- Messily
- Mostly
- Nearly
- Neatly
- Nervously
- Nicely
- Outwardly
- Passionately
- Perfectly
- Perpetually
- Playfully
- Pleasingly
- Poorly
- Powerfully
- Properly
- Proudly
- Queerly
- Quickly
- Rapidly
- Ravenously
- Reassuringly
- Reluctantly
- Sadly
- Scarcely
- Selfishly
- Solidly
- Stingily
- Stubbornly
- Suspiciously
- Thoroughly
- Thoughtfully
- Tremendously
- Truthfully
- Understandingly
- Unfairly
- Unhappily
- Unwillingly
- Viciously
- Wholly
Adverbs List with Example Sentences
Here is the adverbs list with useful examples sentences in English:
Abruptly
- She left the room abruptly without explanation.
Absently
- She absently twisted her wedding ring.
Accusingly
- She glared at him accusingly.
Actually
- Actually, it’s I that owe you a lot.
Adversely
- His health was adversely affected by the climate.
Amazingly
- Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain.
Angrily
- The vein at his temple throbbed angrily.
Arrogantly
- He backed out arrogantly and without apology.
Bashfully
- The boy smiled bashfully at the visitor.
Beautifully
- She looked attractive and beautifully dressed.
Boldly
- He stepped boldly forward to speak.
Brightly
- There were several brightly coloured rugs scattered around.
Calmly
- He smiled calmly at the idiocies of mankind.
Carefully
- She carefully preserved all his letters.
Cheaply
- Old bikes can be bought quite cheaply.
Carelessly
- I carelessly knocked the chair down.
Certainly
- The design certainly looks good on paper.
Clearly
- The house is clearly visible from the beach.
Closely
- She listened closely while he read the letter.
Commonly
- He is commonly supposed to be foolish.
Coolly
- She nodded coolly and walked out.
Correctly
- The children have not yet learned to punctuate correctly.
Crossly
- Crossly, he came out of the bushes and searched around for a dock leaf.
Dearly
- He paid dearly for his careless slip.
Delightfully
- The hotel is delightfully situated close to the waterfront.
Desperately
- We are trying desperately to keep to our schedule.
Determinedly
- He continued determinedly despite his injury.
Doggedly
- He was still doggedly pursuing his studies.
Energetically
- The swimmer dived into the water and swam energetically away.
Extremely
- I found his manner extremely unpleasant.
Especially
- I love Italy, especially in summer.
Exactly
- The viola is exactly in counterpoint to the first violin.
Excitedly
- The children babbled excitedly among themselves.
Expertly
- The nurse disrobed the elderly patient expertly.
Fairly
- She’s fairly responsive to new ideas.
Famously
- He was a famously peppery lawyer.
Ferociously
- A female lion defends her young ferociously.
Finally
- They finally found the cat up on the roof.
Freely
- They freely admit they still have a lot to learn.
Fully
- The course of events fully justifies our views.
Generally
- It was generally admitted that the government had acted too quickly.
Generously
- Many people contributed generously to the appeal.
Gently
- A piano tinkled gently in the background.
Greedily
- The children eyed the cakes greedily.
Guiltily
- He glanced guiltily over his shoulder.
Harshly
- He was harshly attacked by critics.
Heartily
- I am heartily sick of the whole situation.
Heavily
- The boat rolled heavily in the troughs between the waves.
Helplessly
- We slid helplessly down the slope.
Immediately
- He lay down and was asleep immediately.
Increasingly
- He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions.
Innocently
- The baby gurgled innocently on the bed.
Jokingly
- I said it half-jokingly.
Knowingly
- She smiled knowingly at us.
Lightly
- She ran lightly up the stairs.
Loudly
- We all laughed loudly when she made a joke.
Madly
- They plied their paste brushes madly.
Meaningfully
- The priceless days must be spent meaningfully, joyfully.
Mentally
- I think you are mentally tired.
Messily
- She wrote it hastily and messily on a scrap of paper.
Mostly
- This area of the country is mostly desert.
Nearly
- Nearly all the tractors operate on diesel oil.
Neatly
- Children must learn to write neatly.
Nervously
- I walked nervously up the garden path towards the front door.
Nicely
- We are bumming along the road nicely.
Outwardly
- Though badly frightened, she appeared outwardly calm.
Passionately
- She could hate as passionately as she could love.
Perfectly
- It seems a perfectly reasonable request to make.
Perpetually
- She wore a perpetually martyred expression.
Playfully
- His brother cuffed him playfully round the head.
Pleasingly
- She had a pleasingly direct manner.
Poorly
- The job is relatively poorly paid.
Powerfully
- He felt himself so powerfully attracted to the scientific ideal.
Properly
- There are too many distractions here to work properly.
Proudly
- She sat proudly astride her new motorbike.
Queerly
- He looked at me queerly.
Quickly
- She trussed him quickly with stolen bandage, and gagged his mouth.
Rapidly
- The puddle evaporated rapidly in the sun.
Ravenously
- The boy ate gratefully and ravenously.
Reassuringly
- He patted her knee reassuringly.
Stubbornly
- He stubbornly insisted on doing it all himself.
Suspiciously
- The man behind the desk eyed us suspiciously.
Thoroughly
- He is thoroughly domesticated and cooks a delicious chicken casserole.
Thoughtfully
- He drew thoughtfully on his pipe.
Tremendously
- He was a tremendously enthusiastic teacher and that rubbed off on all the children.
Truthfully
- I answered all their questions truthfully.
Unwillingly
- He submitted unwillingly to his mother.
Viciously
- He viciously bayoneted the straw dummy.
Wholly
- He was completely/totally/wholly unprepared for what he saw.
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