Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of Manner

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

Andrew Ernest Ritz () Adverbs of Manner May 8, 2011 1 / 130

accidentally

adv –1. (1) by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpected ly –
(without advance planning; ”they met accidentally”)


angrily

adv –. (6) angrily – (with anger; ”he angrily denied the accusation”)


anxiously

adv –. (7) anxiously, uneasily, apprehensively – (with anxiety or
apprehension; ”we watched anxiously”)


awkwardly

adv –. (3) awkwardly – (in an awkward manner; ”he bent awkwardly
”)


badly

adv –1. (7) badly, severely, gravely, seriously – (to a severe or serious
degree; ”ﬁngers so badly frozen they had to be amputated”; ”badly
injured”; ”a severely impaired heart”; ”is gravely ill”; ”was seriously
ill”)


beautifully

adv –. (6) beautifully, attractively – (in a beautiful manner; ”her face
was beautifully made up”)


blindly

adv –1. (4) blindly – (without seeing or looking; ”he felt around his
desk blindly”)


boldly

adv –. (2) boldly – (with boldness, in a bold manner; ”we must
tackle these tasks boldly”)


bravely

adv –. (2) bravely, courageously – (in a courageous manner; ”bravely
he went into the burning house”)


brightly

adv –. (1) brilliantly, brightly, bright – (with brightness; ”the stars
shone brilliantly”; ”the windows glowed jewel bright”)


busily

adv –. (3) busily – (in a busy manner; ”they were busily engaged in
buying souvenirs”)


calmly

adv –1. (9) calmly – (with self-possession (especially in times of
stress); ”he spoke calmly to the rioting students”)


carefully

adv –1. (39) carefully – (taking care or paying attention; ”they
watched carefully”)


carelessly

adv –1. (1) carelessly, heedlessly – (without care or concern;
”carelessly raised the children’s hopes without thinking of their
possible disappointment”)


cautiously

adv –1. (4) cautiously, carefully – (as if with kid gloves; with caution
or prudence or tact; ”she ventured cautiously downstairs” ; ”they
handled the incident with kid gloves”)


cheerfully

adv –. (2) cheerfully – (in a cheerful manner; ”he cheerfully agreed to
do it”)


clearly

adv –1. (32) clearly – (without doubt or question; ”they were clearly
lost”; ”history has clearly shown the folly of that policy”)


closely

adv –1. (19) closely – (in a close relation or position in time or space;
”the onsets were closely timed”; ”houses set closely together”; ”was
closely involved in monitoring daily progress”)


correctly

adv –. (6) correctly, right, aright – (in an accurate manner; ”the
ﬂower had been correctly depicted by his son”; ”he guessed right”)


courageously

adv –. bravely, courageously – (in a courageous manner; ”bravely he
went into the burning house”)


cruelly

adv –1. (1) cruelly – (excessively; ”a cruelly bitter winter”)


daringly

adv –1. daringly – (in an original manner; ”daringly he took the ﬁrst
step”)


deliberately

adv –1. (12) intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose,
purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design – (with intention; in an
intentional manner; ”he used that word intentionally”; ”I did this by
choice”)


doubtfully

adv –. doubtfully, dubiously – (in a doubtful manner; ”Gerald shook
his head doubtfully”)


eagerly

adv –. (6) eagerly, thirstily – (with eagerness; in an eager manner;
”the news was eagerly awaited”)


easily

adv –1. (31) easily, easy – (with ease (‘easy’ is sometimes used
informally for ‘easily’); ”she was easily excited”; ”was easily
confused”; ”he won easily”; ”this china breaks very easily”; ”success
came too easy”)


elegantly

adv –1. elegantly – (with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner;
”the room was elegantly decorated”)


enormously

adv –. (3) enormously, tremendously, hugely, staggeringly –
(extremely; ”he was enormously popular”)


enthusiastically

adv –1. (2) enthusiastically – (with enthusiasm; in an enthusias tic
manner; ”they discussed the question enthusiastically”)


equally

adv –1. (14) equally, as, every bit – (to the same degree (often
followed by ‘as’); ”they were equally beautiful”; ”birds were singing
and the child sang as sweetly”; ”sang as sweetly as a nightingale”;
”he is every bit as mean as she is”)


eventually

adv –. (14) ﬁnally, eventually – (after an unspeciﬁed period of time
or an especially long delay)


exactly

adv –1. (37) precisely, exactly, just – (indicating exactness or
preciseness; ”he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told
him to do”; ”it was just as he said–the jewel was gone”; ”it has just
enough salt”)


faithfully

adv –. (2) faithfully, dependably, reliably – (in a faithful manner; ”it
always came on, faithfully, like the radio”)


fast

adv –1. (16) fast – (quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining
form); ”how fast can he get here?”; ”ran as fast as he could”; ”needs
medical help fast”; ”fast-running rivers”; ”fast-breaki ng news”;
”fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters”)


fatally

adv –. (1) fatally – (with fatal consequences or implications; ”he was
fatally ill equipped for the climb”)


fiercely

adv –1. (3) ferociously, fiercely – (in a physically fierce manner;
”silence broken by dogs barking ferociously”; ”they fought fiercely”)


fondly

adv –. (3) fondly, lovingly – (with fondness; with love; ”she spoke to
her children fondly”)


foolishly

adv –. foolishly, unwisely – (without good sense or judgment; ”He
acted foolishly when he agreed to come”)


fortunately

adv –. (4) fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have it –
(by good fortune; ”fortunately the weather was good”)


frankly

adv –. (5) honestly, candidly, frankly – ((used as intensives reﬂecting
the speaker’s attitude) it is sincerely the case that; ”honestly, I don’t
believe it”; ”candidly, I think she doesn’t have a conscience”;
”frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”)


frantically

adv –. (5) madly, frantically – (in an uncontrolled manner; ”she
fought back madly”)


generously

adv –. (1) liberally, muniﬁcently, generously – (in a generous manner;
”he gave liberally to several charities”)


gently

adv –1. (7) gently – (in a gradual manner; ”a gently sloping terrain”)


gladly

adv –. gladly, lief, fain – (in a willing manner; ”this was gladly agreed
to”; ”I would fain do it”)


gracefully

adv –1. (3) gracefully – (in a graceful manner; ”she swooped
gracefully”)


greedily

adv –. (2) avariciously, covetously, greedily – (in a greedy manner)


happily

adv –1. (5) happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly – (in
a joyous manner; ”they shouted happily”)


hard

adv –1. (12) hard – (with eﬀort or force or vigor; ”the team played
hard”; ”worked hard all day”; ”pressed hard on the lever”; ”hit the
ball hard”; ”slammed the door hard”)


hastily

adv –. (8) hurriedly, hastily, in haste – (in a hurried or hasty manner;
”the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful”; ”hastily, he
scanned the headlines”; ”sold in haste and at a sacriﬁce ”)


healthily

adv –. (1) healthily – (in a levelheaded manner; ”the answers were
healthily individual”)


honestly

adv –1. (6) honestly, candidly, frankly – ((used as intensives
reﬂecting the speaker’s attitude) it is sincerely the case that;
”honestly, I don’t believe it”; ”candidly, I think she doesn’t have a
conscience”; ”frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”)


hungrily

adv –. hungrily, ravenously – (in the manner of someone who is very
hungry; ”he pounced on the food hungrily”)


hurriedly

adv –. (1) hurriedly, hastily, in haste – (in a hurried or hasty manner;
”the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful”; ”hastily, he
scanned the headlines”; ”sold in haste and at a sacriﬁce ”)


inadequately

adv –. (1) inadequately – (in an inadequate manner or to an
inadequate degree; ”the temporary camps were inadequately
equipped” )


ingeniously

adv –. ingeniously – (in an ingenious manner; ”a Hampshire farmer
had fowls of diﬀerent breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated
ingeniously between the ‘dark ones’ and the ‘white ones’”)


innocently

adv –1. innocently – (in a not unlawful manner; ”he claimed to have
purchased the contraband innocently”)


inquisitively

adv –. curiously, inquisitively, interrogatively – (with curiosity; ”the
baby looked around curiously”)


irritably

adv –1. (3) testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly – (in a petulant
manner; ”he said testily; ‘Go away!’”)


joyously

adv –. gleefully, joyously, joyfully – (in a joyous and gleeful manner;
”the old man had greeted her gleefully”)


justly

adv –1. (1) rightly, justly, justiﬁedly – (with honesty; ”he was rightly
considered the greatest singer of his time”)


kindly

adv –. (1) kindly – (in a kind manner or out of kindness; ”He spoke
kindly to the boy”; ”she kindly overlooked the mistake”)


lazily

adv –1. (2) lazily – (in a slow and lazy manner; ”I watched the blue
smoke drift lazily away on the still air”)


loosely

adv –1. (6) loosely, slackly – (in a relaxed manner; not rigid; ”his
hands lay loosely”)


loudly

adv –1. (10) loudly, loud, aloud – (with relatively high volume; ”the
band played loudly”; ”she spoke loudly and angrily”; ”he spoke loud
enough for those at the back of the room to hear him”; ”cried aloud
for help”)


madly

adv –1. (6) madly, frantically – (in an uncontrolled manner; ”she
fought back madly”)


mortally

adv –. (1) mortally – (in such a manner that death ensues (also in
reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.); ”a being of whom the forest
Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel
of a bottle”)


mysteriously

adv –. cryptically, enigmatically, mysteriously – (in a cryptic manner;
”we will meet again,” he said cryptically)


neatly

adv –. (6) neatly – (with neatness; ”she put the slippers under the
bed neatly”)


nervously

adv –1. (3) nervously – (in an anxiously nervous manner; ”we
watched the stock market nervously”)


noisily

adv –. (1) noisily – (with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound;
”he blew his nose noisily”)


obediently

adv –. (1) obediently, yieldingly – (in an obedient manner;
”obediently she slipped oﬀ her right shoe and stocking”)


openly

adv –. (13) openly – (in an open way; ”he openly ﬂaunted his
aﬀection for his sister”)


painfully

adv –1. (6) painfully, distressingly – (unpleasantly; ”his ignorance was
painfully obvious”)


patiently

adv –. (3) patiently – (with patience; in a patient manner; ”he
patiently played with the child”)


perfectly

adv –1. (13) absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead – (completely and
without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; ”an absolutely
magnificent painting”; ”a perfectly idiotic idea”; ”you’re perfectly
right”; ”utterly miserable”; ”you can be dead sure of my innocence”;
”was dead tired”; ”dead right”)


politely

adv –. (4) politely, courteously – (in a polite manner; ”the policeman
answered politely, ‘Now look here, lady...’”)


poorly

adv –. (9) ill, badly, poorly – ((‘ill’ is often used as a combining form)
in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; ”he was ill
prepared”; ”it ill beﬁts a man to betray old friends”; ”the car runs
badly”; ”he performed badly on the exam”; ”the team played poorly”;
”ill-ﬁtting clothes”; ”an ill-concei ved plan”)


powerfully

adv –1. (2) powerfully, strongly – (in a powerful manner; ”the federal
government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins
with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist”)


promptly

adv –1. (4) promptly, quickly, quick – (with little or no delay; ”the
rescue squad arrived promptly”; ”come here, quick!”)


punctually

adv –. punctually, duly – (at the proper time; ”she was duly apprised
of the raise”)


quickly

adv –1. (24) quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace – (with rapid
movements; ”he works quickly”)


quietly

adv –1. (8) softly, quietly – (with low volume; ”speak softly but carry
a big stick”; ”she spoke quietly to the child”; ”the radio was playing
softly”)


rapidly

adv –. (40) quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace – (with rapid


rarely

adv –. (16) rarely, seldom – (not often; ”we rarely met”)


really

adv –1. (61) truly, genuinely, really – (in accordance with truth or
fact or reality; ”she was now truly American”; ”a genuinely open
society”; ”they don’t really listen to us”)


recklessly

adv –. (1) recklessly – (in a reckless manner)


regularly

adv –1. (6) regularly, on a regular basis – (in a regular manner;
”letters arrived regularly from his children”)


reluctantly

adv –. (5) reluctantly – (with reluctance)


repeatedly

adv –. (10) repeatedly – (several time; ”it must be washed
repeatedly”)


rightfully

adv –. (2) rightfully, truly – (by right; ”baseball rightfully is the
nation’s pastime”)


rudely

adv –. (1) impolitely, discourteously, rudely – (in an impolite manner;
”he treated her impolitely”)


sadly

adv –1. (7) sadly, unhappily – (in an unfortunate way; ”sadly he died
before he could see his grandchild”)


safely

adv –. (6) safely – (with safety; in a safe manner; ”we are safely out
of there”)


selﬁshly

adv –. egotistically, selﬁshly – (in an egotistical manner; ”he behaved
egotistically”)


sensibly

adv –. (1) sanely, sensibly, reasonably – (with good sense or in a
reasonable or intelligent manner; ”he acted sensibly in the crisis”;
”speak more sanely about these aﬀairs”; ”acted quite reasonably”)


seriously

adv –1. (19) seriously, earnestly, in earnest – (in a serious manner;
”talking earnestly with his son”; ”she started studying snakes in
earnest”; ”a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce”)


sharply

adv –1. (14) aggressively, sharply – (in an aggressive manner; ”she
was being sharply questioned”)


shyly

adv –. (1) shyly, timidly, bashfully – (in a shy or timid or bashful
manner; ”he smiled shyly”)


silently

adv –. (4) mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly – (without speaking;
”he sat mutely next to her”)


sleepily

adv –. (1) sleepily – (in a sleepy manner; ”the two children who were
snuggled sleepily in the back of the car”)


slowly

adv –1. (78) slowly, slow, easy, tardily – (without speed (‘slow’ is
sometimes used informally for ‘slowly’); ”he spoke slowly”; ”go easy
here–the road is slippery”; ”glaciers move tardily”; ”please go slow so
I can see the sights”)


smoothly

adv –1. (3) smoothly, swimmingly – (with no problems or diﬃcul ties;
”put the plans into eﬀect quickly and smoothly”; ”despite of some
mishaps, everything went swimmingly”)


so

adv –1. (322) so – (to a very great extent or degree; ”the idea is so
obvious”; ”never been so happy”; ”I love you so”; ”my head aches
so!”)


softly

adv –1. (18) softly, quietly – (with low volume; ”speak softly but
carry a big stick”; ”she spoke quietly to the child”; ”the radio was
playing softly”)


solemnly

adv –. (4) solemnly – (in a grave and sedate manner; ”the judge sat
there solemnly”)


speedily

adv –. (2) quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace – (with rapid


stealthily

adv –. (3) stealthily – (in a stealthy manner; ”stealthily they
advanced upstream”)


sternly

adv –. (1) sternly, severely – (with sternness; in a severe manner;
”‘No,’ she said sternly”; ”peered severely over her glasses”)


straight

adv –1. (14) directly, straight, direct – (without deviation; ”the path
leads directly to the lake”; ”went direct to the oﬃce”)


stupidly

adv –. (3) stupidly, doltishly – (in a stupid manner; ”he had stupidly
bought a one way ticket”)


successfully

adv –. (15) successfully – (with success; in a successful manner; ”she
performed the surgery successfully”)


suddenly

adv –1. (64) suddenly, all of a sudden, of a sudden – (happening
unexpectedly; ”suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side”)


suspiciously

adv –. (2) suspiciously – (with suspicion; ”she regarded the food
suspiciously”)


swiftly

adv –. (18) swiftly, ﬂeetly – (in a swift manner; ”she moved swiftly”)


tenderly

adv –. (2) tenderly – (with tenderness; in a tender manner; ”tenderly
she placed her arms round him”)


tensely

adv –. (2) tensely – (in a tense manner; ”he sat down tensely”)


thoughtfully

adv –1. (8) thoughtfully – (in a thoughtful manner; ”he stared
thoughtfully out the window”)


tightly

adv –1. (3) tightly – (in a tight or constricted manner; ”a tightly
packed pub”)


truthfully

adv –. truthfully – (with truth; ”I told him truthfully that I had just
returned from my vacation”; ”he answered the question as truthfully
as he could”)


unexpectedly

adv –1. (5) unexpectedly, out of the blue – (in a way that was not
expected; ”her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue”)


victoriously

adv –. (1) victoriously – (in a victorious manner; ”Virginia had
defended her land victoriously”)


violently

adv –. (5) violently – (in a violent manner; ”they attacked violently”)


vivaciously

adv –. vivaciously – (with vivacity; ”he describes his adventure s
vivaciously”)


warmly

adv –1. (1) heartily, cordially, warmly – (in a hearty manner; ”‘Yes,’
the children chorused heartily”; ”We welcomed her warmly”)


weakly

adv –. (2) weakly – (in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree;
”weakly agreed to a compromise”; ”wheezed weakly”; ”he was weakly
attracted to her”)


wearily

adv –. (4) tiredly, wearily – (in a weary manner; ”he walked around
tiredly”)


well

adv –1. (76) well, good – ((often used as a combining form) in a
good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is
a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’); ”the children behaved
well”; ”a task well done”; ”the party went well”; ”he slept well”; ”a
well-argued thesis”; ”a well-seasoned dish”; ”a well-planned party”;
”the baby can walk pretty good”)


wildly

adv –1. (11) wildly – (to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree;
”the storyline is wildly unrealistic”)


wisely

adv –. (2) wisely, sagely – (in a wise manner; ”she acted wisely when
she invited her parents”)


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