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The grammatical part of speech for words that
modify or describe verbs (`She ran quickly'),
adjectives (`a beautifully clear day'), and
adverbs (`They did it really well'). Most
adverbs are formed from adjectives or past
participles by adding -ly (quick: quickly) or
-ally (automatic: automatically). Sometimes
they are formed by adding -wise (likewise and
clockwise, as in `moving clockwise'; in `a
clockwise direction', clockwise is an
adjective). Some adverbs have a distinct form
from their partnering adjective; for example,
good/well (`It was good work; they did it
well'). Others do not derive from adjectives
(very in `very nice'; tomorrow in `I'll do it
tomorrow'); and some are unadapted adjectives
(pretty, as in `It's pretty good'). Sentence
adverbs modify whole sentences or phrases:
`Generally, it rains a lot here'; `Usually,
the town is busy at this time of year.'
Sometimes there is controversy in such
matters. Hopefully is universally accepted in
sentences like `He looked at them hopefully'
(= in a hopeful way), but some people dislike
it in `Hopefully, we'll see you again next
year' (= We hope that we'll see you again
next year).
Subject by: Russell Webb