Adjectives qualify a noun while adverbs modify verbs. In fact, the word "adverb" means "next to a verb" in latin.
Many adverbs derive from adjectives. Most of them are formed by adding the suffix -ly to the adjective. The adjectives ending in -ble just drop the final -e and add -y, while those adjectives that end in -y drop it and add -ily. Some examples are:
quick quickly
comfortable comfortably
happy happily
Exceptions:
good well
fast fast
hard hard*
*We shouldn't confuse the words hard and hardly. They are both adverbs but have different meanings: hard means rough or difficult, whereas hardly means barely or not much. Can you see the difference between "working hard" and "hardly working"?
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