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ADVERBS OF MANNER

Adverbs of Manner "LY"

1. Adverbs of manner are often formed by adding ‘-ly’to an adjective.


Adjectives
bad
beautiful
careful
quick
quiet
soft
=> Adverbs
badly
beautifully
carefully
quickly
quietly
softly

2. Adverbs formed in this way usually have a similar meaning to the adjective.

She is as clever as she is beautiful.

He talked so politely and danced so beautifully.

‘We must not talk. We must be quiet,’ said Sita.

She wanted to sit quietly, to relax.

3. There are sometimes changes in spelling when an adverb is formed from an adjective.

 
‘-le’ changes to ‘-ly’:
‘-y’ changes to ‘-ily’:
‘-ic’ changes to ‘-ically’:
‘-ue’ changes to ‘-uly’:
‘-ll’ changes to ‘-lly’:
Adjectives
gentle
easy
automatic
true
full
Adverbs
gently
easily
automatically
truly
fully

Note that ‘public’ changes to ‘publicly’, not ‘publically’.

WARNING: We cannot form adverbs from adjectives that already end in ‘-ly’. For example, you cannot say ‘He smiled at me friendlily’. We can sometimes use a prepositional phrase instead: ‘He smiled at me in a friendly way’.

4. Some adverbs of manner have the same form as adjectives and have similar meanings, for example ‘fast’, ‘hard’, and ‘late’.

I've always been interested in fast cars. (adjective)

The driver was driving too fast. (adverb)

Note that ‘hardly’ and ‘lately’ are not adverbs of manner and have different meanings from the adjectives ‘hard’ and ‘late’.

It was a hard decision to make.

I hardly had any time to talk to her.

The train was late as usual.

Have you seen John lately?

5. The adverb of manner related to the adjective ‘good’ is ‘well’.

He is a good dancer.

He dances well.

Note that ‘well’ can sometimes be an adjective when it refers to someone's health.

‘How are you?’- ‘I am very well, thank you.’

6. We do not use adverbs after I i nk verbs such as ‘be’, ‘become’, ‘feel’, ‘get’, ‘look’, and ‘seem’. You use an adjective after these verbs.

For example, you do not say ‘Sue felt happily’. You say ‘Sue felt happy’.

7. We do not often use prepositional phrases or noun groups as adverbials of manner. However, we occasionally need to use them, for example when there is no adverb form available. The prepositional phrases and noun groups usually include a noun such as ‘way’, ‘fashion’, or ‘manner’, or a noun that refers to someone's voice.

She asked me in such a nice manner that I couldn't refuse..

He did it the right way..

They spoke in angry tones.

Prepositional phrases with ‘like’ are also used as adverbials of manner.

I slept like a baby..

He drove like a madman.



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