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    Le - Ly Simple Simply, Ample Amply: Much Nearly Approximately

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    This document provides rules for forming adverbs from adjectives in English. It notes that adjectives typically add -ly to form an adverb, with some exceptions. It also lists other common adverb suffixes like -ically and -ily. Additionally, it specifies that verbs like seem and sound are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. Finally, it gives examples of common adverbs like well, badly, little, and much and their comparative forms.

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    This document provides rules for forming adverbs from adjectives in English. It notes that adjectives typically add -ly to form an adverb, with some exceptions. It also lists other common adverb suffixes like -ically and -ily. Additionally, it specifies that verbs like seem and sound are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. Finally, it gives examples of common adverbs like well, badly, little, and much and their comparative forms.

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    This document provides rules for forming adverbs from adjectives in English. It notes that adjectives typically add -ly to form an adverb, with some exceptions. It also lists other common adverb suffixes like -ically and -ily. Additionally, it specifies that verbs like seem and sound are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. Finally, it gives examples of common adverbs like well, badly, little, and much and their comparative forms.

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    This document provides rules for forming adverbs from adjectives in English. It notes that adjectives typically add -ly to form an adverb, with some exceptions. It also lists other common adverb suffixes like -ically and -ily. Additionally, it specifies that verbs like seem and sound are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. Finally, it gives examples of common adverbs like well, badly, little, and much and their comparative forms.

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    adverbs:

    Adjective + -ly
    - le > -ly simple > simply, ample > amply
    - y > -ily easy > easily, busy > busily b u t : d r y > dryly/drily
    - ic > -ically basic > basically, economic > economically b u t : p u blic > publicly
    -ical > -ically
    - ful > fully

    The verbs seem, sound, look, feel, smell, taste are usually followed by an adjective,
    not an adverb.

    well better best


    badly worse worst
    little less least => a bit, slightly; very little ( not much) She slept very little./ little
    better/more
    much more most, mostly
    far farther, further farthest, furthest
    much => nearly; approximately:
    The two schools are much the same.
    She is so much like her mother.

    move clear=> without touching something; away from something


    markedly = in a remarkable/obvious way
    knowingly = deliberately; cu buna stiinta
    expertly = skillfully
    cyclically
    thoroughly = totally; completely; in detail ; utterly
    ** publicly, dryly, drily; wholly; fully
    feebly = poorly = clumsily
    feebly= weak, unsuccessful
    free (for free)
    freely = without being controlled or limited
    widely = very different; differ widely; worldwide- in a lot of places

    far less….. adv


    much more…… adv
    a little adv-er
    slightly less……adv
    mostly= in cea mai mare parte/ de cele mai multe ori

    pitch => arunca; asfalta; ridica; acorda


    evenly= egal (adv); to be even;
    steadily = in mod constant (adv)
    the hem =tivul
    crooked =ondulat; incretit; => bent, curved

    coarsely = into large and irregularly shaped pieces (adv)


    ground nuts = arahide

    cuddly = dragalas
    to snuggle= a se ghemui
    trimmed= dichisit, tuns
    hedge= gard viu
    bearing = tinuta, pozitie; rulment
    gleaming = sclipitor
    tirelessly= neobosit (adv) /ˈtaɪə.ləs.li/

    worsened =inrautatit

    randomly = la intamplare (adv)

    ***adjectives endings
    -al
    Meaning: pertaining to
    Examples: theatrical, natural, criminal, seasonal
    -ic
    Meaning: relating to
    Examples: iconic, organic, heroic, poetic
    -y
    Meaning: made up of or characterized by
    Examples: brainy, fruity, tasty, grouchy
    A bed of mortar= a layer of

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