What are some examples of Adverbs?

Answer 1

Some examples of adverbs are these that modify verbs by answering one of these questions:

Where?: there, everywhere, nearby, underneath

How?: beautifully, slowly, sweetly, sadly

When?: weekly, monthly, yesterday, today, tomorrow

Adverbs mostly qualify verbs and adjectives.

He patted the dog GENTLY.

He ran FASTER.

We OFTEN eat fried fish.

The story was AMAZINGLY interesting.

Many but not all adverbs end in -ly (a suffix added to the adjective form).

Some are gracefully, meaningfully, sneakily, strongly, quickly, quietly, finally. An adverb uses -ly at the end and modifies a verb.

Once the test was over, she walked slowly out of the classroom.

We tried really hard to get the muffin mixture perfect.

The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes.

The boldly spoken words would return to haunt the rebel.

We urged him to dial the number moreexpeditiously. (first adverb modifies second adverb)

Unfortunately, the bank closed at three today.

The government has cut university budgets; consequently, class sizes have been increased.

I watch them closely.

I walked more carefully.

He has not played Chess recently.

Lately, I have had many sleepless nights.

He is completely tired from the journey.

The man quickly got in the car.

He peacefully drove his car to the old house.

He happily walked up to the door and swiftly knocked on it.

The door opened immediately.

The man angrily got in the car.

He frantically drove his car to the old house.

He ferociously walked up to the door and loudly knocked on it.

The door opened violently.

Answer 2

Adverbs are a very important part of English dictionary. This is an example using the word adverb.