What are a few examples of adverbs?

Answer 1

Almost any word ending in ly. Thus kindly, slowly, etc. They modify/describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They "want" to be verbs but aren't.

Examples:abruptly; wickedly; lightly; delicately; wittingly; endlessly; eternally; vibrantly; firmly; fruitfully; wearily; smartly; fervently; vainly; financially; willfully; widely; importantly; cheerfully; weirdly; delicately; wrongfully; wholeheartedly; delightfully.

Adverbs can tell four things: Manner (How was it done?), Place, Time, and Degree.

• 'John smiled uneasily.' Uneasily shows the manner of how John smiled
• 'I eat dinner here'. Adverbs of place are often confused with nouns. 'Here' tells where he eats dinner.
• 'I watered the plant yesterday'. Again, be careful not to confuse adverbs of time with nouns. 'Yesterday' tells when he watered the plant.
• 'He is very mean'. 'Very' tells the degree of his meanness