adverbs of manner

Adverbs of manner are usually formed from adjectives by adding –ly:

bad > badly; quiet > quietly; recent > recently; sudden > suddenly

but there are sometimes changes in spelling:

y > i

easy > easily;

happy > happily

But there are some exceptions

Dry >dryly

Shy> shyly

Sly >slyly

le >ly

gentle > gently

sensible>sensibly

possible>possibly

If an adjective ends in –ly we use the phrase in a …. way to express manner:

Silly > He behaved in a silly way.
Friendly > She spoke in a friendly way.

Pay attention!!!

complete>completely

attractive>attractively

but true>truly

al>ally

historical>historically

ic>ally

logic>logically

specific>specifically

l>ly

careful>carefully

punctual>punctually

·         These adverbs follow the verb they refer to

I drive carefully

I drive my car carefully

I drive carefully my car

·         They follow the object

I speak English well

·         They are before adverbs and expressions of time and place

He always sings loudly in the afternoon

A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective:

Early

Fast

Hard

High

Late

Long

Low

Near

Straight

Two adverbs may have a different meaning

He works really hard                    I hardly know him

He never arrives late                  I haven’t been to the cinema lately

He’s aiming high                         I don’t think highly of her

Children can enter free                He spoke freely to me

We often use phrases with like as adverbials of manner:

She slept like a baby.
He ran like a rabbit.

Adverbs of manner and link verbs

We very often use adverbials with like after link verbs:

Her hands felt like ice.
It smells like fresh bread.

But we do not use other adverbials of manner after link verbs. We use adjectives instead:

They looked happily happy.
That bread smells deliciously delicious.