English Grammar - Adverbs

English Grammar - Adverbs

This page contains a table with a List of Adverbs in English as well as 3 other languages (Spanish, French and Japanese), so that if English is not your first language you can still understand the meaning of those prepositions. Try to memorize them because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. If this page is not what you're looking for then here is a more detailed English Adverbs. Make sure to check our Learn English page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.

In English an adverb is a part of speech. It is any word that modifies any other part of language: verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs, except for nouns; modifiers of nouns are primarily determiners and adjectives.

Adverbs typically answer questions such as how?" (or "in what way?), when?, where?, why? and to what extent?. In English, they often end in -ly. When they answer how it is usually in what way. When they answer when it is usually a date or a word such as yesterday or today. When they answer why it is usually an explanation of a problem, issue, or situatiuon usually ending after because. When they answer where it usually states a place.

This function is called the adverbial function, and is realized not just by single words (i.e., adverbs) but by adverbial phrases and adverbial clauses.

An adverb as an adverbial may be a sentence element in its own right. Example:

They treated her well. (SUBJECT)

Alternatively, an adverb may be contained within a sentence element.

An extremely attractive man entered the room. (SUBJECT + ADVERBIAL + OBJECT)

List of Adverbs	Spanish	French	Japanese
Adverbs of Time (When?)	Adverbios de Tiempo (¿Cuándo?)	Adverbes de temps (Quand?)	時間の副詞 （いつ？ ）
yesterday	ayer	hier	昨日
today	hoy	aujourd'hui	本日
tomorrow	mañana	demain	明日
now	ahora	maintenant	今は
then	entonces	puis	それから
later	posterior	plus tard	後で
tonight	esta noche	ce soir	今夜
right now	ahora	maintenant	今
last night	anoche	la nuit dernière	昨日の夜
this morning	esta mañana	ce matin	今朝
next week	la próxima semana	la semaine prochaine	来週
already	ya	déjà	すでに
recently	recientemente	récemment	最近、
lately	últimamente	dernièrement	最近、
soon	pronto	bientôt	まもなく
immediately	inmediatamente	immédiatement	すぐに
still	aún	immobile	静止した
yet	todavía	pourtant	まだ
. . . ago	hace	Il ya	。 。 。前
Adverbs of Place (Where?)	Adverbios de Lugar (¿Dónde?)	Adverbes de la Place (Où?)	場所の副詞 （どこ？ ）
here	aquí	ici	ここで
there	allí	là bas	そこに
over there	allí	là-bas	向こうに
everywhere	en todas partes	partout	至る所
anywhere	en cualquier lugar	n'importe où	どこにでも
nowhere	en ninguna parte	nulle part	どこにも
home	inicio	accueil	家庭
downtown	el centro de	Centre-Ville	ダウンタウン
back	espalda	retour	後ろの
away	fuera	parti	離れて
out	fuera	dehors	はずれて
Adverbs of Manner (How?)	Adverbios de Modalidad (¿cómo?)	Adverbes de manière (Comment?)	方法の副詞 （どうやって？ ）
very	muy	très	とても
quite	bastante	assez	完全に
pretty	bonito	joli	かわいい
really	realmente	vraiment	本当に
fast	rápido	rapidement	速い
well	bien	bien	上手に
hard	duro	dur	辛い
quickly	rápidamente	rapidement	素早く
slowly	lentamente	lentement	ゆっくり
carefully	cuidadosamente	attentivement	慎重に
hardly	apenas	à peine	ほとんど
barely	apenas	à peine	辛うじて
mostly	la mayoría de	surtout	ほとんど
almost	casi	presque	ほとんど
absolutely	absolutamente	absolument	確実に
together	juntos	ensemble	いっしょに
alone	solo	seul	ひとりで
Adverbs of Frequency (How Often?)	Adverbios de frecuencia (¿Con qué frecuencia?)	Adverbes de fréquence (à quelle fréquence?)	頻度の副詞 （どのくらいの頻度？ ）
always	siempre	toujours	常に
frequently	con frecuencia	souvent	頻繁に
usually	normalmente	habituellement	普通は
sometimes	algunas veces	parfois	時々
occasionally	de vez en cuando	occasionnellement	時折
seldom	rara vez	rarement	めったに
rarely	rara vez	rarement	めったに
never	nunca	jamais	決してない

More Examples

I almost drove into the river when I was texting and driving.

We should be treated equally as humans.

The professor briefly explained the history of American art.

The girl walked carefully across the dangerous bridge.

“I love you!” the boy shouted enthusiastically.

The queen elegantly held out her hand for the people to kiss.

“Give me all the toys!” the little boy said greedily.

Fortunately, we don’t have homework tonight.

My father reacted joyously when I told him about my new, high-paying job.

I nearly jumped out of the car when I saw the spider on the window.

The boy looks around shyly hoping that no one will look at him.

The rabbit quickly ran out of the woods and into the field.

Be sure to close the door tightly so the wind won’t blow in.

The mother repeatedly asked the boy to sit down in his chair.

“I ate the cookies,” the child said truthfully.

Adverbs A-Z Table

Below is a table featuring a selection of adverbs in English. To hear how they are pronounced, to help you with learning spoken English, please click on the audio controls underneath the table:

Adverbs	English	Adverbs	English	Adverbs	English	Adverbs
accidentally	clearly	fatally	kindly	painfully	sadly	suspiciously
afterwards	correctly	fiercely	lazily	perfectly	safely	swiftly
almost	courageously	foolishly	less	politely	seldom	tenderly
always	cruelly	fortunately	loosely	poorly	selfishly	tensely
angrily	daily	frantically	loudly	powerfully	seriously	thoughtfully
annually	defiantly	gently	madly	promptly	sharply	tightly
anxiously	deliberately	gladly	monthly	punctually	shyly	tomorrow
awkwardly	doubtfully	gracefully	more	quickly	silently	too
badly	easily	greedily	mortally	quietly	slowly	truthfully
blindly	elegantly	happily	mysteriously	rapidly	smoothly	unexpectedly
boldly	enormously	hastily	nearly	rarely	softly	very
bravely	enthusiastically	honestly	neatly	really	solemnly	victoriously
briefly	equally	hourly	nervously	recklessly	sometimes	violently
brightly	even	hungrily	never	regularly	soon	warmly
calmly	eventually	innocently	noisily	reluctantly	speedily	weakly
carefully	exactly	inquisitively	not	repeatedly	stealthily	well
carelessly	faithfully	irritably	obediently	rightfully	sternly	wildly
cautiously	far	joyously	often	roughly	successfully	yearly
cheerfully	fast	justly	only	rudely	suddenly	yesterday

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