List of Adverbs
This list of adverbs should help you to understand adverbs a little better. For a more in-depth look at adverbs, see the adverb page.Quick Refresher: Adverbs are words that describe - or modify - verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
They tell us how, when, where, to what extent, and why.
Adverbs that tell us How?
A: absentmindedly, adoringly, awkwardly
B: beautifully, briskly, brutally
C: carefully, cheerfully, competitively
E: eagerly, effortlessly, extravagantly
G: girlishly, gracefully, grimly
L: lazily, lifelessly, loyally
Q: quietly, quickly, quizzically
R: really, recklessly, remorsefully, ruthlessly
S: savagely, sloppily, so, stylishly
U: unabashedly, unevenly, urgently
W: well, wishfully, worriedly
Adverbs that tell us When?
A: after, afterwards, annually
B: before
D: daily
N: never, now
S: soon, still
T: then, today, tomorrow
W: weekly, when
Y: yesterday
Adverbs that tell us Where?
A: abroad, anywhere, away
E: everywhere
H: here, home
I: in, inside
O: out, outside
S: somewhere
T: there
U: underground, upstairs
Adverbs that tell us To what extent?
E: extremely
N: not (this includes n't)
Q: quite
R: rather, really
T: terribly, too
V: very
Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
Don't know what this means? See the adverbs page to learn more about this.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| badly | worse | worst |
| carefully | more carefully | most carefully |
| little | less | least |
| much | more | most |
| soon | sooner | soonest |
| well | better | best |
How Do You Diagram Adverbs?
Seeing a list of adverbs is a great way to learn what an adverb is.
Sentence diagramming can teach you what an adverb does.
Sentence diagramming is a visual way to show how the words in a sentence are related to each other.
You already know that adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Diagramming will show this to you.
Adverbs are diagrammed on a slanted line underneath the word that they modify.
Isn't that cool?!
