Although "-ly" is the general rule to derive adjectives into adverbs, there are other suffixes like "-ward", "-wise", "-fold" or "-most" that can be used when the meaning is different (indicating, direction, manner, quantity, etc.).
Some adverbs are simply not derived from nouns or adjectives and have an original form like "not", "just" or "down".
It is also possible to find compound adverbs like "flat out" or "two-handed".
See the full list below:
- not
- so
- up
- out
- then
- more
- now
- well
- just
- also
- very
- how
- even
- on
- down
- back
- there
- still
- here
- too
- where
- however
- again
- in
- most
- over
- as
- never
- why
- away
- off
- about
- always
- when
- rather
- quite
- right
- much
- often
- yet
- perhaps
- already
- far
- later
- almost
- together
- least
- less
- once
- ever
- today
- all
- enough
- therefore
- either
- around
- thus
- sometimes
- else
- soon
- yesterday
- long
- indeed
- home
- instead
- little
- further
- better
- before
- round
- forward
- forward
- please
- longer
- along
- anyway
- okay
- no
- maybe
- apart
- though
- above
- through
- tomorrow
- like
- below
- otherwise
- ahead
- best
- alone
- nevertheless
- hard
- somewhere
- tonight
- straight
- twice
- elsewhere
- under
- neither
- outside
- etc
- that
- pretty
- inside
- e.g.
- meanwhile
- hence
- somewhat
- afterwards
- o'clock
- somehow
- moreover
- fast
- late
- anywhere
- abroad
- aside
- by
- across
- behind
- altogether
- everywhere
- whenever
- furthermore
- since
- any
- thereby
- deep
- upstairs
- nowhere
- wherever
- past
- whereby
- bloody
- eg
- forth
- forever
- backwards
- faster
- upwards
- besides
- near
- nowadays
- downstairs
- hitherto
- half
- regardless
- seldom
- thereafter
- onwards
- nearby
- forwards
- nonetheless
- within
- overall
- fucking
- overseas
- beyond
- likewise
- worldwide
- overnight
- alike
- am
- high
- tight
- after
- aloud
- dead
- course
- doubtless
- loud
- underneath
- throughout
- sideways
- wide
- this
- upright
- downwards
- worse
- a.m.
- beforehand
- halfway
- opposite
- ashore
- higher
- indoors
- underway
- underground
- short
- sometime
- sure
- overhead
- parallel
- without
- left
- inland
- amiss
- anyhow
- double
- wrong
- ter
- easy
- outwards
- thereof
- low
- lower
- real
- clear
- sic
- aboard
- beneath
- alongside
- fro
- afield
- therein
- way
- henceforth
- downstream
- damn
- downhill
- aback
- outright
- inwards
- offshore
- midway
- anymore
- upstream
- northwards
- extra
- hereby
- thence
- damned
- forthwith
- eastwards
- quick
- whence
- overtime
- outdoors
- notwithstanding
- worst
- approx
- ill
- apiece
- overboard
- aloft
- slow
- live
- afresh
- 'ere
- fair
- southwards
- but
- backward
- full
- overleaf
- prior
- flat
- uphill
- anew
- solo
- westwards
- downright
- underfoot
- oft
- westward
- onward
- clockwise
- wherein
- thereto
- afar
- direct
- astray
- precious
- kinda
- outward
- plain
- upward
- underwater
- viz.
- nice
- bleeding
- backstage
- online
- northward
- straightaway
- full-time
- thereon
- sharp
- whereabouts
- thereabouts
- headlong
- thick
- eastward
- part
- unawares
- non-stop
- apace
- approx.
- good
- herein
- downwind
- aft
- thereupon
- hereafter
- awry
- plenty
- viz
- offline
- blooming
- awhile
- nigh
- bis
- small
- 'ow
- sound
- afoot
- piecemeal
- hereinafter
- southward
- wild
- aground
- leeward
- hereabouts
- inward
- new
- twofold
- ere
- astern
- to-day
- overland
- hither
- perforce
- hereto
- awful
- pray
- someday
- therefrom
- mighty
- vice-versa
- forte
- single-handed
- bad
- one-handed
- yonder
- upfront
- downward
- fivefold
- upriver
- thither
- inshore
- to-morrow
- passim
- henceforward
- downtown
- lengthways
- due
- tighter
- scarce
- false
- whither
- askance
- meantime
- evermore
- thrice
- 'course
- ne'er
- hereunder
- asunder
- amok
- well-nigh
- stark
- verbatim
- upstage
- whereof
- offstage
- perchance
- threefold
- anon
- offhand
- afterward
- skywards
- up-front
- wherefore
- aright
- thereunder
- fine
- homeward
- hereof
- herewith
- seaward
- upmarket
- dirty
- overmuch
- incognito
- true
- esp
- seawards
- tenfold
- windward
- leftwards
- fore
- uptown
- great
- heavenwards
- howsoever
- point-blank
- therewith
- thenceforth
- dear
- underhand
- big
- infra
- heavy
- to-night
- fortissimo
- off-stage
- astride
- pairwise
- everytime
- lengthwise
- skyward
- so-so
- head-first
- legato
- abed
- downstage
- amidships
- strong
- darn
- therefor
- anticlockwise
- o'er
- gratis
- rightwards
- someplace
- sidelong
- homewards
- hundredfold
- heavenward
- heretofore
- two-handed
- hotfoot
- apropos
- wholesale
- pell-mell
- beside
- thenceforward
- polewards
- headfirst
- withal
- raving
- contrariwise
- clean
- more-or-less
- flipping
- den
- lit.
- sixfold
- foremost
- jist
- flat-out
- yon
- sheer
- nonstop
- fain
- shorewards
- landward
- stepwise
- inside-out
- erstwhile
- bareback
- unbeknownst
- a-plenty
- straightway
- sevenfold
- aslant
- whereon
- foreward
- incommunicado
- nevermore
- ever-more
- rough
- sidewards
- short-handed
- all-out
- parrot-fashion
- downmarket
- middling
- ditto
- plumb
- upstate
- dere
- ofttimes
- crabwise
- goalwards
- ninefold
- whensoever
- oftener
- oftentimes
- weatherwise
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.
Comments (5)
-
#1
shflooop is also one
Written by: mee on 12/10/2018
-
#2
I do beleive that you are wrong
Written by: Morty on 31/10/2018
-
#3
Not so sure shout these...
Written by: Maisie Shelley on 10/10/2019
-
#4
Most of these words are not adverbs.
Written by: Maryanne Smith on 09/05/2020
-
#5
Yea right this is not right okay
Written by: Jonathan Parry on 12/06/2020