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Adjective vs. Adverb | Confusing Cases

Most words ending in -ly are adverbs. Examples are: kindly, cleverly, eagerly, stupidly, foolishly, pleasantly etc. There are also some adjectives ending in -ly. Examples of such adjectives are: costly, deadly, cowardly, friendly, lonely,...

What Are Adjectives?

Adjectives are words like kind, clever, pretty and old. They describe nouns. Adjectives usually go before the nouns modified by them. She is a pretty girl. (Here the adjective pretty goes before the noun...

Adjective vs. Adverb

An adjective is a word used to modify a noun. An adverb is a word used to modify a verb. Note that adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. The team did not play (verb) well (adverb) last season. (NOT …...

Adjectives

An adjective is a word used to describe people, things, events etc. It denotes a temporary or permanent quality associated with a noun. Examples are: honest, beautiful, old, small, big, happy etc. A typical...