6.37 manner

Many adverbs of manner are used to describe the way in which something is done. For example, in the sentence 'He did it carefully', 'carefully' means 'in a careful way'.

• They think, dress and live differently.
• He acted very clumsily.
• You must be able to speak fluently and correctly.

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Here is a list of common '-ly' adverbs which describe the way in which something is done :

• abruptly, accurately, awkwardly, badly, beautifully, brightly, brilliantly, briskly, carefully, carelessly, casually, cheaply, clearly, closely, clumsily, comfortably, consistently, conveniently, correctly, dangerously, delicately, differently, discreetly, distinctly, dramatically, easily, economically, effectively, efficiently, evenly, explicitly, faintly, faithfully, fiercely, finely, firmly, fluently, formally, frankly, freely, gently, gracefully, hastily, heavily, honestly, hurriedly, intently, meticulously, neatly, nicely, oddly, patiently, peacefully, peculiarly, perfectly, plainly, pleasantly, politely, poorly, professionally, properly, quietly, rapidly, readily, richly, rigidly, roughly, ruthlessly, securely, sensibly, sharply, silently, simply, smoothly, softly, solidly, specifically, splendidly, steadily, steeply, stiffly, strangely, subtly, superbly, swiftly, systematically, tenderly, thickly, thinly, thoroughly, thoughtfully, tightly, truthfully, uncomfortably, urgently, vaguely, vigorously, violently, vividly, voluntarily, warmly, widely, willingly, wonderfully