General adverbs are adverbs that can modify a wide range of words or phrases, including verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire clauses. They are often used to indicate manner, degree, frequency, time, place, or purpose.
Here are some examples of the most common general adverbs and how they can be used in sentences:
- Also: This adverb can be used to add additional information to a sentence. For example, you could say “I went to the store, and I also went to the library.”
- Just: This adverb can be used to emphasize a point or to indicate that something happened recently. For example, you could say “I just finished reading that book” or “I just got a new job.”
- How: This adverb is used to ask questions about the manner or degree of something. For example, you could ask “How did you do on the test?” or “How often do you go to the movies?”
- So: This adverb can be used to indicate the result of something or to emphasize a point. For example, you could say “I studied really hard, so I did well on the test” or “I’m so tired, I could sleep for a week.”
- Even: This adverb can be used to add emphasis or to indicate that something is surprising. For example, you could say “Even though I was tired, I still went to the party” or “Even the dog was scared of the thunderstorm.”
- Well: This adverb can be used to indicate the manner in which something is done or to express satisfaction. For example, you could say “I did well on the test” or “The food was well-prepared.”
- Really: This adverb is used to emphasize a point or to express disbelief. For example, you could say “I really like that movie” or “I really can’t believe that happened.”
- Still: This adverb can be used to indicate that something is happening despite other circumstances. For example, you could say “I’m still tired, even though I got a good night’s sleep” or “The party is still going on, even though it’s late.”
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These are ranked by frequency and then the number of words found. In bold is vocabulary related to the timing of events.
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41 LATER 2926651
42 SIMPLY 2911174 43 IN 2751633 44 LITTLE 2657627 45 AS 2578314 46 MAYBE 2559353 47 FAR 2463099 48 ELSE 2408590
49 CURRENTLY 2349421
50 COURSE 2331036 51 EASILY 2188743
52 RECENTLY 2155066
53 BEST 2142683 54 QUICKLY 2131474 55 BIT 2068970 56 FINALLY 1936423 57 COMPLETELY 1845349 58 DIRECTLY 1833444 59 PERHAPS 1768538 60 LONGER 1730053 61 SOON 1708893 62 NO 1697022 63 EXACTLY 1667619 64 THEREFORE 1633803 65 HIGHLY 1632603 66 ONLINE 1604934 67 FURTHER 1599715 68 DEFINITELY 1594517 69 FULLY 1526849 70 NEARLY 1493267 71 THUS 1485261 72 GENERALLY 1482636 73 PARTICULARLY 1407762 74 CERTAINLY 1403815
75 IMMEDIATELY 1396628
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92 EARLIER 962711
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101 BASICALLY 867062 102 ORIGINALLY 863339 103 OBVIOUSLY 859767 104 ALONE 846704 105 TOTALLY 845531 106 TWICE 824502 107 LIKELY 820509 108 ADDITION 810838 109 THOUGH 809514 110 NORMALLY 780736 111 POSSIBLY 771879 112 PERSONALLY 755474 113 RELATIVELY 750469 114 CLOSE 747993 115 PERFECTLY 747174 116 FOR 739251 117 FAIRLY 714947 118 STRAIGHT 712196 119 RATHER 708201 120 EFFECTIVELY 702961 121 REGARDLESS 691781 122 SERIOUSLY 687828 123 FREQUENTLY 680368 124 ENTIRELY 679704 125 REGULARLY 640985 126 SURE 636870 127 CAREFULLY 635595 128 ULTIMATELY 635558 129 SIGNIFICANTLY 627001 130 OK 623186 131 EASIER 618187 132 HOPEFULLY 614758 133 CONSTANTLY 614595 134 SLOWLY 604747 135 WHENEVER 596241 136 APPARENTLY 592734 137 SUCCESSFULLY 582577 138 CLOSELY 563754 139 NATURALLY 558578 140 SOMEWHAT 551957 141 FASTER 550534 142 LITERALLY 548637 143 PRIMARILY 533975 144 CORRECTLY 526905 145 FORTH 521184 146 GENERAL 520749 147 NECESSARILY 519527 148 POTENTIALLY 516899 149 COMMONLY 511065 150 KIND 510051 151 INCREDIBLY 504646 152 MAINLY 495922 153 ANYMORE 495014 154 ESSENTIALLY 490412 155 OVERALL 484171 156 INCREASINGLY 483338
157 INITIALLY 483228
158 AGAIN 482054
159 SUDDENLY 480857
160 WIDELY 457698 161 LARGELY 454980 162 ADDITIONALLY 454832
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164 PARTICULAR 449576 165 GREATLY 448180 166 PART 445004 167 DEEP 441123
168 MEANWHILE 430412
169 RARELY 429266 170 SINCE 423379 171 STRONGLY 422560 172 SOMEHOW 421498
173 DAILY 420405
174 CLOSER 413491 175 EQUALLY 410544 176 FIRST 409550 177 TIME 405552 178 AND 405048 179 HENCE 401359 180 NEITHER 395037 181 NEWLY 379462 182 RAPIDLY 379391 183 HEAVILY 376796 184 SURELY 374903 185 HONESTLY 369944 186 ROUGHLY 368439
187 OCCASIONALLY 358427
188 MERELY 352784 189 CONSISTENTLY 351032 190 ABOUT 350830 191 OKAY 347745 192 VIRTUALLY 344641 193 DEEPLY 342365 194 SAFELY 335736
195 SHORTLY 334339
196 IMPORTANTLY 333939 197 OFFICIALLY 324109 198 SIMILARLY 320132 199 HARDLY 319586 200 PHYSICALLY 317927 201 WRONG 315793 202 RESPECTIVELY 314004 203 BARELY 313666
204 INSTANTLY 313418
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235 SIMULTANEOUSLY 237114
236 FORTUNATELY 236317 237 NEVERTHELESS 235753 238 ACCURATELY 233670 239 SEEMINGLY 230157
240 LATELY 229023
241 EASY 227966 242 THE 225322 243 TIGHT 225000 244 KINDA 223323 245 BESIDES 220820 246 BUT 219613 247 DRAMATICALLY 218559 248 INDIVIDUALLY 218089 249 SOONER 216785 250 REPEATEDLY 214214 251 READILY 213546 252 BADLY 212109 253 HARDER 211233 254 TECHNICALLY 211161 255 FORMERLY 210161 256 LEGALLY 209011 257 PRECISELY 207252 258 IDEALLY 204530 259 HIGH 201942 260 LUCKILY 201610 261 CONTINUALLY 200696 262 THEREBY 199851 263 ALTERNATIVELY 199719 264 SUBSEQUENTLY 198881 265 TRADITIONALLY 196912 266 FULL 195364 267 INDEPENDENTLY 194625 268 PARTLY 194296 269 TO 192520 270 FROM 192514 271 FREELY 192265 272 LIKEWISE 192106 273 ULTRA 191784 274 STRICTLY 191491 275 PARTIALLY 189000 276 LIGHTLY 187413 277 CONTINUOUSLY 185574 278 ALTOGETHER 185059 279 INTERNATIONALLY 182945 280 REPORTEDLY 182622 281 FIRMLY 179978 282 SPECIALLY 179522 283 BRIEFLY 178387 284 PRACTICALLY 175906 285 DOUBT 172078
286 PERMANENTLY 170992
287 ALLEGEDLY 170766 288 HISTORICALLY 168538 289 LOUD 166654 290 NATIONALLY 164743 291 DEEPER 163363 292 GOOD 163289 293 SMOOTHLY 163129 294 CONSIDERABLY 161995 295 PURELY 161900 296 GLOBALLY 161513 297 TEMPORARILY 160822 298 THANKFULLY 157782 299 ACCIDENTALLY 155908 300 SUBSTANTIALLY 155201 301 CONSEQUENTLY 153961 302 HAPPILY 151474 303 MENTALLY 151137 304 LIKE 147815 305 FINANCIALLY 147327 306 ARGUABLY 147306 307 POORLY 147144 308 VISUALLY 147097 309 APPROPRIATELY 145820 310 NONETHELESS 144632 311 EVENLY 142494 312 OVERLY 142091 313 NOTABLY 141830 314 THEREOF 140073 315 EMOTIONALLY 140006 316 SUPPOSEDLY 139915 317 EXPLICITLY 138573 318 SEXUALLY 138270 319 FRANKLY 135912 320 LASTLY 135726 321 PROFESSIONALLY 135413 322 PRESUMABLY 135387 323 RANDOMLY 135046 324 QUIETLY 134217 325 PROMPTLY 133542 326 COMFORTABLY 133293 327 SEVERELY 132691 328 GENUINELY 130258 329 UNDOUBTEDLY 129896 330 AWHILE 128644 331 USUAL 127663 332 TIGHTLY 127376 333 GREAT 126506 334 INTERNALLY 125236 335 OPEN 124564 336 REMOTELY 124501 337 UNDERWAY 123497 338 HALF 123270 339 POSITIVELY 122805 340 DEAL 120642 341 SECONDLY 120512 342 SECURELY 120477 343 HIGHER 120334 344 CRITICALLY 119427 345 INEVITABLY 118304 346 CLEAR 117987 347 CONVENIENTLY 116605 348 OPENLY 116115 349 INTERESTINGLY 115842 350 EXTENSIVELY 115834 351 UTTERLY 115122 352 COLLECTIVELY 115041 353 FIRSTLY 113715 354 FORMALLY 112852 355 DELIBERATELY 112123 356 MATTER 110310 357 PRIVATELY 109941 358 EXCEPTIONALLY 109192 359 PUBLIC 109051 360 SOCIALLY 107344 361 UNIQUELY 107079 362 SUFFICIENTLY 107015 363 HUGELY 106821 364 PREFERABLY 106651 365 DESPERATELY 103948 366 ROUTINELY 103659 367 PERIODICALLY 103226 368 QUICKER 101601 369 INTENTIONALLY 101063 370 WHOLLY 100906 371 PROUDLY 100016 372 STEADILY 99693 373 POLITICALLY 99611 374 SEAMLESSLY 98055 375 WIDE 97450 376 ANYTHING 97282 377 COMMON 94791 378 FRESHLY 94765 379 AMAZINGLY 94701 380 ELECTRONICALLY 94542 381 ADEQUATELY 93866 382 LOW 92301 383 HEREIN 91253 384 WONDERFULLY 89382 385 REMARKABLY 88832 386 DRASTICALLY 88532 387 NEGATIVELY 88365 388 FARTHER 87453 389 HALFWAY 87164 390 LAST 87074 391 WHEREBY 86837 392 WORSE 86065 393 BROADLY 85329 394 FUNDAMENTALLY 85009 395 PRESENT 84806 396 SLOWER 84505 397 PRESENTLY 84178 398 TERRIBLY 83633 399 COMMERCIALLY 83620 400 ENVIRONMENTALLY 83501 401 SAFER 81548 402 VICE 81262 403 IRONICALLY 80886 404 INDIRECTLY 80803 405 INCORRECTLY 79598 406 BEFOREHAND 79591 407 SELDOM 79401 408 PREDOMINANTLY 79118 409 OFFLINE 78905 410 SINCERELY 78618 411 ECONOMICALLY 78571 412 VERSA 78309 413 EXPRESSLY 78101 414 SOLO 77188 415 LARGE 76823 416 EXTRA 75587 417 VASTLY 74734 418 FUCKING 73958 419 PRIOR 73478 420 RIGHTLY 73250 421 VERTICALLY 73147 422 INHERENTLY 73052 423 WILDLY 72740 424 SECRETLY 72435 425 DOUBLE 72278 426 LOWER 72100 427 HEREBY 71997 428 ADMITTEDLY 71684 429 WISELY 70378 430 MEANS 69747 431 PARALLEL 69411 432 JOINTLY 68981 433 CLOSEST 68867 434 STRATEGICALLY 68702 435 ALRIGHT 68685 436 KINDLY 68384 437 AGGRESSIVELY 68018 438 FINELY 67545 439 EN 67286 440 ILLEGALLY 67070 441 NICE 66499 442 VOLUNTARILY 66097 443 NEATLY 65668 444 THEREIN 65540 445 SHARPLY 65058 446 PER 65040 447 MUTUALLY 64731 448 STATISTICALLY 64719 449 SUDDEN 64641 450 IMMENSELY 64272 451 GENETICALLY 64212 452 UNUSUALLY 64210 453 CONVERSELY 63269 454 COOL 62705 455 APPROX 62603 456 WHEREIN 62504 457 CULTURALLY 61951 458 RELIABLY 61748 459 LOOSELY 61413 460 FAMOUSLY 61319 461 LIVE 60862 462 THEORETICALLY 60761 463 UNEXPECTEDLY 59864 464 ODDLY 59589 465 UNIVERSALLY 59360 466 EFFORTLESSLY 59154 467 RIDICULOUSLY 58578 468 UPFRONT 58305 469 QUICK 58061 470 DIGITALLY 57980 471 HORIZONTALLY 57364 472 MASSIVELY 56994 473 STRANGELY 56016 474 TREMENDOUSLY 55965 475 CLINICALLY 55846 476 MODERATELY 55015 477 RADICALLY 54451 478 EVIDENTLY 54410 479 GLADLY 54408 480 ALOUD 54393 481 WITHOUT 53745 482 EXTERNALLY 53391 483 DYNAMICALLY 52802 484 AWAY 52682 485 GENEROUSLY 52132 486 MORALLY 51560 487 ROUTE 51349 488 INDEFINITELY 51332 489 DISTINCTLY 51093 490 INCIDENTALLY 51035 491 PLEASANTLY 51014 492 BRILLIANTLY 50410 493 FAIR 50290 494 PROGRESSIVELY 50283 495 CONSCIOUSLY 50095 496 OUTRIGHT 49648 497 LOGICALLY 49304 498 REALISTICALLY 49099 499 EAGERLY 48194 500 SAME 48176
These are the top 21 words tagged as general adverbs in iWeb. The percentage is relative to the top 21.
For example, I also_RR like to make pies.