Adverbs of Manner

Alphabetical list of common single-word manner adverbs

Adverbs of manner form the largest group of adverbs. We make most of them simply by adding -ly to
their corresponding adjective. This is an alphabetical list of 130 common single-word adverbs of
manner. Adverbs of manner that do not end in -ly are shown in bold.

accidentally gently really wearily

angrily gladly recklessly well
anxiously gracefully regularly wildly
awkwardly greedily reluctantly wisely
badly happily repeatedly
beautifully hard rightfully
blindly hastily roughly
boldly healthily rudely
bravely honestly sadly
brightly hungrily safely
busily hurriedly selfishly
calmly inadequately sensibly
carefully ingeniously seriously
carelessly innocently sharply
cautiously inquisitively shyly
cheerfully irritably silently
clearly joyously sleepily
closely justly slowly
correctly kindly smoothly
courageously lazily so
cruelly loosely softly
daringly loudly solemnly
deliberately madly speedily
doubtfully mortally stealthily
eagerly mysteriously sternly
easily neatly straight
elegantly nervously stupidly
enormously noisily successfully
enthusiasticall obediently suddenly
y openly suspiciously
equally painfully swiftly
eventually patiently tenderly
exactly perfectly tensely
faithfully politely thoughtfully
fast poorly tightly
fatally powerfully truthfully
fiercely promptly unexpectedly
fondly punctually victoriously
foolishly quickly violently
fortunately quietly vivaciously
frankly rapidly warmly
frantically rarely weakly
 generously
Adverbs of Degree

Alphabetical list of common single-word degree adverbs

Almost perfectly
absolutely positively
awfully* practically
badly* pretty*
barely purely
completely quite
decidedly rather
deeply really
enough scarcely
enormously simply
entirely so
extremely somewhat
fairly strongly
far terribly*
fully thoroughly
greatly too
hardly totally
highly utterly
how very
incredibly virtually
indeed well
intensely
just *Informal
least
less
little
lots
most
much
nearly