cold coldly
comfortable comfortably
immediate immediately
pretty prettily
quick quickly
slow slowly
stealthy stealthilyHe walkedquickly down the lane.
She writesbeautifully.
Unsteadily she stood up.If the adjective ends in ‘l’, you must still add ‘ly’ so there will
be a double ‘l’ at the end: beautiful – beautifully.
For adjectives that end in ‘le’ change the ‘e’ to a ‘y’:
comfortable comfortably
For adjectives that end in a consonant followed by ‘e’, simply
add ‘ly’: immediate immediately
Donotchange the position of the ‘e’ to make the
ending ‘ley’!Comparing adverbs
Adverbs of manner can be compared in the same way as
adjectives. As most of them end in ‘ly’ the comparative will
usually have ‘more’ in front of it and the superlative will
have ‘most’ in front of it.
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