6.83 adverbs indicating position

Here is a list of words which are used as adverbs to indicate position. Note that some adverbs consist of more than one word, for example, 'out of doors'.

• abroad, ahead, aloft, ashore, away, close to, downstairs, downstream, downtown, downwind, eastward, halfway, here, indoors, inland, midway, nearby, next door, northward, offshore, out of doors, outdoors, overhead, overseas, southward, there, underfoot, underground, underwater, upstairs, upstream, uptown, upwind, westward

The common adverbs of place, such as 'in' and 'up', which are used as adverbs and as prepositions are sometimes called adverb particles or adverbial particles. The following list of words are used as adverbs to indicate position, and they can also be used as prepositions:

aboard, about, above, alongside, behind, below, beneath, beside, beyond, close by, down, in, in between, inside, near, off, opposite, outside, over, round, throughout, underneath, up

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An adverb can be used as an adjunct if the adverb itself makes it clear what place or direction you mean.

• The young men hated working underground.
• The engine droned on as we flew northward.

You can also use an adverb as an adjunct when it is clear from the context what place or direction you are referring to. For example, you may have mentioned the place earlier, or the place may refer to your own location, or to the location of the person or thing being talked about.

• We went to the bottom of the field where a wagon stood half-loaded. We crawled underneath, between the wheels.
• She walked away and my mother stood in the middle of the road, watching.
• They had spent the autumn of 1855 in the Seeoni hills. And it was here that Hilary had written a report on the events that followed the annexation.