11.7 Table: spelling of adverbs



Add -ly to the adjective to make the majority of adverbs

awful

awfully

clear

clearly

clever

cleverly

light

lightly

safe

safely

sure

surely

If the adjective ends in -y:

  • change -y to -i
  • add -ly

easy

easily

happy

happily

lucky

luckily

If the adjective ends in -ble:

  • change -e to -y

possible

possibly

probable

probably

terrible

terribly

If the adjective ends in -ic:

  • add -ally

dramatic

dramatically

fantastic

fantastically

Irregular forms

good

well

fast

fast

hard

hard

late

late