As a writer, it is important to be selective with your words. Every adverb you use weakens your argument or slows down your reader. However, there are times when using an adverb is the best way to get your point across. This list of 500+ adverbs will help you make the right decision for your writing.
In addition to helping writers, this list can be helpful for students who are learning English as a second language. Each adverb is accompanied by a definition and an example sentence so that students can understand how to use it correctly. With this reference guide at hand, students can improve their vocabulary and writing skills in no time!
Definition of Adverbs:
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (words that modify any part of speech other than a noun or pronoun). Adverbs typically indicate manner, place, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty, etc. Many adverbs in English are created by adding the suffix -ly to an adjective, as seen in words such as badly and generously. Other common adverbs include very, really, almost, just, still, and so. When it comes to grammar, adverbs are one of the most versatile parts of speech; they can be used in a variety of ways to add detail and depth to our writing. As a result, it is important to learn how to use them effectively. With a little practice, you will be able to master the art of using adverbs like a pro!
List of Adverbs in English
| Accusingly |
| Affectionately |
| Along |
| Always |
| As a consequence |
| Backward/s |
| Best |
| Briefly |
| Cheerfully |
| Completely |
| Doggedly |
| Eagerly |
| Fast |
| Frankly |
| Generously |
| Gratefully |
| Hatefully |
| Helpfully |
| Hopefully |
| In |
| In fact |
| Jokingly |
| Just |
| Late |
| Later |
| Later |
| Later |
| Madly |
| Really |
| Reproachfully |
| Sadly |
| Seriously |
| Shyly |
| So |
| Solidly |
| Sometimes |
| Thankfully |
| Tightly |
| Today |
| Today |
| Tomorrow |
| Understandingly |
| Unlike |
| Wearily |
| About |
| Absently |
| Astonishingly |
| Back |
| Basically |
| Beautifully |
| Better |
| Carelessly |
| Cleanly |
| Constantly |
| Deceivingly |
| Diligently |
| East |
| East |
| Evidently |
| Exactly |
| Fairly |
| First |
| Furthermore |
| Gently |
| Hardly |
| Hopelessly |
| Little |
| Loudly |
| Never |
| Now |
| Occasionally |
| On |
| On the other hand |
| Otherwise |
| Passionately |
| Perfectly |
| Promptly |
| Proudly |
| Readily |
| Sedately |
| Since |
| So |
| Sometimes |
| Swiftly |
| Terribly |
| Tomorrow |
| Totally |
| Towards |
| Well |
| Anxiously |
| Behind |
| Below |
| Boldly |
| Bravely |
| Clearly |
| Curiously |
| Delightfully |
| Distinctly |
| Doubtfully |
| Dreamily |
| Earlier |
| Earlier |
| Even |
| Famously |
| Far |
| Fiercely |
| Frequently |
| Gleefully |
| Here |
| Increasingly |
| Lots |
| Nervously |
| Nevertheless |
| Not until |
| Often |
| Otherwise |
| Over |
| Overseas |
| Perfectly |
| Powerfully |
| Quickly |
| Ravenously |
| Safely |
| Seldom |
| Seldom |
| Slowly |
| Sometimes |
| Somewhat |
| Still |
| Then |
| Tonight |
| Tremendously |
| Triumphantly |
| Very |
| Actually |
| Always |
| Away |
| Back |
| Besides |
| Continually |
| Coolly |
| Dangerously |
| Determinedly |
| Disgustingly |
| Early |
| Far |
| Furiously |
| Greatly |
| Hastily |
| Indeed |
| Inquisitively |
| Ironically |
| Just |
| Just |
| Madly |
| Moreover |
| Nearby |
| Negatively |
| Next door |
| Normally |
| Obediently |
| Obviously |
| Over |
| Powerfully |
| Purely |
| Rather |
| Right |
| Rightfully |
| Seemingly |
| Seriously |
| Seriously |
| Sleepily |
| Sometimes |
| There |
| Tomorrow |
| Venomously |
| Wonderfully |
| Abroad |
| Anxiously |
| Beautifully |
| Bravely |
| Confidentially |
| Definitely |
| Doubtfully |
| Downstairs |
| Earlier |
| Elsewhere |
| Enticingly |
| Enviously |
| Exclusively |
| Fairly |
| First |
| Foolishly |
| Frequently |
| Greedily |
| Hourly |
| How |
| Indoors |
| Instantly |
| Most |
| Next door |
| Noisily |
| Now and then |
| Out |
| Pleasantly |
| Quarterly |
| Quietly |
| Rather |
| Reluctantly |
| Rightfully |
| Scarcely |
| Similarly |
| Slyly |
| Soon |
| Soon |
| Strongly |
| Then |
| Truthfully |
| Under |
| Unhappily |
| Utterly |
| Weekly |
| Already |
| Anyway |
| Before |
| Below |
| Carelessly |
| Cautiously |
| Certainly |
| Correctly |
| Decidedly |
| Foolishly |
| Freely |
| Frightfully |
| Generally |
| Hard |
| Harshly |
| Honestly |
| In |
| Inside |
| Intermittently |
| Inwardly |
| Last |
| Lately |
| Lightly |
| Near |
| Next |
| Off |
| Properly |
| Rather |
| Repeatedly |
| Roughly |
| Scarcely |
| Seldom |
| Selfishly |
| Sharply |
| Theoretically |
| There |
| Therefore |
| Therefore |
| Thoughtfully |
| Today |
| Under |
| Violently |
| Virtually |
| Warmly |
| Wholly |
| About |
| Abruptly |
| Almost never |
| Along |
| Already |
| Always |
| Amazingly |
| Awkwardly |
| Clearly |
| Clumsily |
| Deeply |
| Downstairs |
| Enough |
| Evenly |
| Generally |
| Gladly |
| Honestly |
| Hurriedly |
| Immediately |
| Indoors |
| Indoors |
| Kindly |
| Less |
| Likewise |
| Marvelously |
| Meanwhile |
| Meekly |
| Much |
| Next door |
| Otherwise |
| Partially |
| Patiently |
| Positively |
| Presumably |
| Rarely |
| Rarely |
| Sadly |
| Stupidly |
| Superstitiously |
| Sympathetically |
| Towards |
| Unexpectedly |
| Very |
| Wrongly |
| Abroad |
| Anyway |
| Apparently |
| Bashfully |
| Daringly |
| Darkly |
| Delicately |
| Down |
| Emptily |
| Eventually |
| Ever |
| Ever |
| Exactly |
| Grumpily |
| Hopefully |
| How |
| Hungrily |
| Intensely |
| Late |
| Least |
| Nervously |
| Never |
| Nevertheless |
| Next |
| Now |
| On |
| Openly |
| Outside |
| Outside |
| Perpetually |
| Politely |
| Quickly |
| Quite |
| Rather |
| Rudely |
| Since |
| Sleepily |
| Slowly |
| Softly |
| Tomorrow |
| Unbelievably |
| Undoubtedly |
| Viciously |
| Yearly |
| Away |
| Awfully |
| Back |
| Besides |
| Bravely |
| Brightly |
| Early |
| Elegantly |
| Enormously |
| Eventually |
| Frantically |
| Furthermore |
| Heavily |
| Impulsively |
| Inadvertently |
| Incidentally |
| Instead |
| Last |
| Likely |
| Mentally |
| Miserably |
| Monthly |
| Mysteriously |
| Never |
| Not until |
| Obviously |
| Often |
| Pretty |
| Rigidly |
| So |
| Sternly |
| Strangely |
| Suspiciously |
| Then |
| Too |
| Too |
| Underground |
| Upstairs |
| Usually |
| Violently |
| Where |
| Willfully |
| Wonderingly |
| Yesterday |
| Above |
| Apparently |
| Before |
| Besides |
| Cheerfully |
| Dearly |
| Deliberately |
| Desperately |
| Downstairs |
| Elsewhere |
| Excitedly |
| Far |
| Finally |
| Fortunately |
| Frankly |
| Helplessly |
| Highly |
| Incredibly |
| Irritably |
| Later |
| Less |
| Nonetheless |
| Normally |
| Now |
| Oddly |
| Often |
| Often |
| Patiently |
| Pleasingly |
| Poorly |
| Rapturously |
| Right |
| Sadly |
| Seldom |
| Simply |
| So |
| Solemnly |
| Somewhere |
| Stubbornly |
| Surprisingly |
| Wisely |
| Wrongly |
| Yet |
| Yet |
| Anywhere |
| Arrogantly |
| As a result |
| Back |
| Barely |
| Breathlessly |
| Daily |
| Easily |
| Elsewhere |
| Energetically |
| Equally |
| Far |
| Greatly |
| Heartily |
| Ideally |
| Importantly |
| In fact |
| Interestingly |
| Knowingly |
| Late |
| Loosely |
| Luckily |
| Mechanically |
| Mindfully |
| Near |
| Next |
| Not until |
| Rather |
| Restfully |
| Sharply |
| Somewhat |
| Speedily |
| Straight |
| Stupidly |
| Surprisingly |
| Tensely |
| Today |
| Tonight |
| Tonight |
| Under |
| Unwillingly |
| Up |
| Wildly |
| Wisely |
| Additionally |
| Backward/s |
| Behind |
| Blindly |
| Carefully |
| Clearly |
| Commonly |
| Enormously |
| Fairly |
| Fast |
| Ferociously |
| Finally |
| Formerly |
| Frantically |
| Fully |
| Generously |
| Happily |
| In the event |
| Infrequently |
| Intently |
| Just |
| Moreover |
| Never |
| Now |
| Off |
| Potentially |
| Quite |
| Rather |
| Recklessly |
| Regularly |
| Rudely |
| Separately |
| Suddenly |
| Thankfully |
| Then |
| Then |
| Then |
| Thoroughly |
| Tightly |
| Too |
| Towards |
| Truthfully |
| Unlike |
| Usually |
| Utterly |
| Accidentally |
| Almost |
| Badly |
| Before |
| Calmly |
| Cleverly |
| Conceivably |
| Doubtlessly |
| Down |
| Entirely |
| Ever |
| Extremely |
| Faithfully |
| Far |
| Fearlessly |
| Fortunately |
| Fortunately |
| Guiltily |
| Hardly ever |
| In contrast |
| Infrequently |
| Intensely |
| Low |
| Much |
| Next |
| Often |
| On |
| Painfully |
| Poorly |
| Rapidly |
| Rarely |
| Really |
| Searchingly |
| Somewhere |
| Still |
| Stingily |
| Straight |
| Suspiciously |
| Terribly |
| Then |
| Thus |
| Totally |
| Ultimately |
| Understandably |
| Urgently |
| Absolutely |
| Actually |
| Almost |
| Anywhere |
| Behind |
| Calmly |
| Cheaply |
| Consequently |
| Elsewhere |
| Entirely |
| Faithfully |
| Fast |
| Generously |
| Highly |
| However |
| Incredibly |
| Indeed |
| Just |
| Late |
| Lawfully |
| Longingly |
| Messily |
| Never |
| Never |
| Now and then |
| Occasionally |
| On the other hand |
| Outwardly |
| Practically |
| Presumably |
| Right |
| Selfishly |
| Sometimes |
| Strictly |
| Therefore |
| Underground |
| Up |
| Up |
| Very |
| Weekly |
| Well |
| Worriedly |
| Wrong |
| Yet |
| Above |
| Almost never |
| Along |
| Annually |
| As a result |
| Below |
| Briskly |
| Conspicuously |
| Continually |
| Crisply |
| Extremely |
| Fast |
| Fervently |
| Foolishly |
| Generally |
| Here |
| How |
| Immediately |
| In the same way |
| Justly |
| Kindly |
| Little |
| Mockingly |
| More |
| Mysteriously |
| Near |
| Nearly |
| Nearly |
| Out |
| Out |
| Outside |
| Over |
| Probably |
| Quaveringly |
| Quietly |
| Reassuringly |
| Regularly |
| Reluctantly |
| Somewhere |
| Spitefully |
| Truly |
| Unfairly |
| Unfairly |
| Yesterday |
| About |
| Again |
| Anywhere |
| Away |
| Backward/s |
| Certainly |
| Constantly |
| Crossly |
| Curiously |
| Daily |
| Daintily |
| First |
| Frenetically |
| Fully |
| Greedily |
| Hard |
| Hard |
| Indeed |
| Indeed |
| Late |
| Lazily |
| Least |
| Mostly |
| Near |
| Nearby |
| Nearby |
| Neatly |
| Neatly |
| Openly |
| Overseas |
| Overseas |
| Perfectly |
| Quick |
| Rapidly |
| Regretfully |
| Righteously |
| Seldom |
| Seriously |
| Since |
| Slow |
| Still |
| Unfortunately |
| Vastly |
| Wisely |
| Adversely |
| Afterward |
| Almost |
| Always |
| Angrily |
| Badly |
| Carefully |
| Closely |
| East |
| Especially |
| Fortnightly |
| Frankly |
| Furthermore |
| Gently |
| Here |
| Hungrily |
| Indeed |
| Inside |
| Interestingly |
| Kindly |
| Last |
| Later |
| Loudly |
| Nevertheless |
| Nicely |
| Occasionally |
| Otherwise |
| Periodically |
| Politely |
| Positively |
| Previously |
| Quarterly |
| Queerly |
| Regrettably |
| Rightly |
| Sheepishly |
| Speedily |
| Successfully |
| Underground |
| Upstairs |
| Upstairs |
| Well |
| Wrong |
| Yesterday |
| Above |
| Abroad |
| Always |
| Angrily |
| As a consequence |
| Boldly |
| Busily |
| Coaxingly |
| Compassionately |
| Cruelly |
| Down |
| Enough |
| Expertly |
| Far |
| Hard |
| In |
| In additio |
| In contrast to |
| Inadequately |
| Innocently |
| Inside |
| Joyously |
| Long |
| Lots |
| Meaningfully |
| Most |
| Naturally |
| Naturally |
| Nonetheless |
| Often |
| Playfully |
| Predictably |
| Professionally |
| Quintessentially |
| Recently |
| Regularly |
| Soon |
| Surprisingly |
| Tenderly |
| There |
| Thoroughly |
| Usually |
| Well |
| Yesterday |