Adverbs are one of the four major word classes, along
with nouns, verbs and adjectives. We use adverbs to add more
information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause or a
whole sentence and, less commonly, about a noun phrase.
Can you move it carefully? It’s fragile.
Quickly! We’re late.
She swims really well.
Don’t go so fast.
You have to turn it clockwise.
Come over here.
Actually, I don’t know her.
I haven’t seen them recently.
The bathroom’s upstairs on the left.
Adverbs: meanings and functions
Adverbs
have many different meanings and functions. They are especially
important for indicating the time, manner, place, degree and frequency
of something.
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