6.39 feelings and manner

Adverbs formed from adjectives which describe people's feelings, for example 'happily' or 'nervously', indicate both the way in which something is done and the feelings of the person who does it.

For example, the sentence 'She laughed happily' means both that she laughed in a happy way and that she was feeling happy.

• We laughed and chatted happily together.
• Gaskell got up wearily and headed for the stairs.
• They looked anxiously at each other.
• Rudolph coughed miserably in the rain as he turned into Vanderhoff Street.

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Here is a list of common adverbs which describe the feelings of the person who does something as well as the way in which it is done :

• angrily, anxiously, bitterly, boldly, calmly, cheerfully, confidently, desperately, eagerly, excitedly, furiously, gladly, gloomily, gratefully, happily, helplessly, hopefully, hopelessly, impatiently, miserably, nervously, passionately, proudly, reluctantly, sadly, shyly, sincerely, uncomfortably, uneasily, unhappily, wearily