What Is An Adverb of Manner? | And How to Create It?

Adverbs of Manner

In this post, we learn what adverbs of manner are, and where to place them in a sentence. There is a lesson on all types of adverbs attached in the post, you can learn all types of adverbs directly from it. What about adverbs of manner? What are they for and how do we use them? Read on to find out more!

What Is An Adverb of Manner?

Adverbs of manner describe how to something happens. For example, walking or running at different speeds is possible. Words used to describe walking or running at different speeds (eg fast or slow) are excellent examples of adverbs of manner. They help the reader gain greater insight into how a written scene is playing out. By comparing the following sentences you will understand how these adverbs change the overall meaning of the sentences in which they are found.

How to Create An Adverb of Manner?

To form adverbs of manner, we usually add -ly to the adjective. For example,

• quick – quickly
• careful – carefully
• gentle – gently

When an adjective ends in -y we change -y to -i then add -ly. For example,

• happy – happily
• greedy – greedily
• easy – easily

However, there are also some irregular adverbs. For example,

• good – well
• hard – hard
• fast – fast
• late – late
• straight – straight
• high – high

More Examples of Adverbs of Manner

• You can speak English fluently.
• I slept very badly last night.
• The kids did really well in their exams.
• She worked hard and got a promotion.
• The nurse did not pick up the baby gently.
• Try to do this carefully, so as not to have to redo the work.
• A car suddenly came around the corner and hit us!
• Jerry tearfully said goodbye to her boyfriend.
• Go straight on this road then turn right.
• I hate getting up late in the morning.
• My cousin drives very fast and aggressively.
• Children, please try to do your homework quietly.
• He dresses very elegantly, doesn’t he?
• Shall I close the lid tightly?
• It rained heavily throughout the night.

Adverbs of Manner Exercises

The following exercises will help you gain a better understanding of how adverbs work. Let's choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.

1. The excited child pounded the table _______________.

a. Badly
b. Hungrily
c. Normally
d. Variously

Answer: B. The excited child pounded the table hungrily.

2. Walk ______________ or you may miss the train.

a. Quickly
b. Slowly
c. Personally
d. Happily

Answer: A. Walk quickly or you may miss the train.

3. Reading ______________ helps you understand the concepts better.

a. Rapidly
b. Briefly
c. Carefully
d. Always

Answer: C. Reading carefully helps you understand the concepts better.

4. Playing music too _______________ can damage our hearing.

a. Slowly
b. Cheerfully
c. Carelessly
d. Loudly

Answer: D. Playing music too loudly can damage our hearing.

5. A tortoise walks very _______________.

a. Mostly
b. Slowly
c. Happily
d. Eagerly

Answer: B. A tortoise walks very slowly.

A List of Adverbs of Manner

The following list of adverbs of manner contains 125 single-word adverbs; This is only a sample, as adverbs actually form the largest of all groups of adverbs.

• Angrily
• Awkwardly
• Astonishingly
• Anxiously
• Adorably
• Adamantly
• Accidently
• Boldly
• Bravely
• Blindly
• Badly
• Brightly
• Calmly
• Cowardly
• Carelessly
• Covertly
• Cautiously
• Cunningly
• Clearly
• Correctly
• Courageously
• Deceitfully
• Daringly
• Deliberately
• Doubtfully
• Eagerly
• Easily
• Elegantly
• Equally
• Eventually
• Enthusiastically
• Fast
• Faithfully
• Frivolously
• Fiercely
• Fondly
• Frantically
• Franky
• Foolishly
• Formally
• Gently
• Generously
• Gladly
• Greedily
• Gracefully
• Goofily
• Hard
• Honestly
• Hurriedly
• Hastily
• Innocently
• Irritably
• Informally
• Implicitly
• Inappropriately
• Incorrectly
• Indirectly
• Inevitably
• Intellectually
• Intentionally 
• Intelligently
• Interestingly
• Joyously
• Joyfully
• Jubilantly
• Jovially
• Jadedly
• Kindly
• Lazily
• Loosely
• Lamely
• Loudly
• Mightily
• Magically
• Mercilessly
• Metaphorically
• Meticulously
• Miserably
• Modestly
• Mysteriously 
• Noisily
• Nervously
• Openly
• Passionately
• Peacefully
• Patiently
• Perfectly
• Pleasantly
• Poorly
• Positively
• Powerfully
• Precisely
• Professionally
• Properly
• Quickly
• Quietly
• Quakingly
• Queerly
• Rapidly
• Rationally
• Recklessly
• Regretfully
• Relentlessly
• Respectfully
• Rudely
• Stupidly
• Steadily
• Sadly
• Safely
• Separately
• Smoothly
• Successfully
• Swiftly
• Tearfully
• Tediously
• Terribly
• Unaggressively
• Unaffectedly
• Unbiasedly
• Uncleverly
• Vaguely
• Veraciously 
• Virtually
• Whimsically
• Whole-Heartedly
• Wisely
• Wrathfully
• Xenophobically
• Yawningly 
• Zestfully 
• Zealously