1- adjectives ending in -Iy
Some words ending in -ly are adjectives, and not normally adverbs. Common
examples: costly, cowardly, deadly, friendly, likely, lively, lonely, lovely, silly,
ugly, unlikely.
e.g. She gave me a friendly smile.
Her singing was lovely.
There are no adverbs friendlY\friendlily, lovely\lovelily …etc.
She smiled in a friendly way. (NOT She smiled friendlily.)
He gave a silly laugh. (NOT He laughed silly.)
Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, early and leisurely are both adjectives and
adverbs.
It's a daily paper. It comes out daily.
an early train I got up early.
2- adjectives and adverbs with the same form;
adverbs with two forms
Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form: for example, a fast car goes
fast; if you do hard work, you work hard. In other cases, the adverb may have
two forms (e.g. late and lately), one like the adjective and the other with -ly.
There is usually a difference of meaning or use. Some examples follow; for
more detailed information, check in a good dictionary.
bloody and Some swear words can be used both as adjectives and as adverbs.
You bloody fOOL. You didn't look where you were going ~ I bloody did.
clean The adverb clean means 'completely' before forget (informal) and some
expressions of movement.
Sorry I didn't turn up -I clean forgot.
The explosion blew the cooker clean through the wall.
dead The adverb dead is used in certain expressions to mean 'exactly',
'completely' or 'very'.
Examples: dead ahead, dead certain, dead drunk,
dead right, dead slow, dead straight, dead sure, dead tired.
Note that deadly is an adjective, meaning 'fatal', 'causing death', The adverb
for this meaning is fatally, Compare:
Cyanide is a deadly poison. She was fatally injured in the crash.
Direct : Direct is often used informally as an adverb.
TIle plane goes direct from London to Houston without stopping.
50% cheaper - order direct from the factory!
Easy: Easy is used as an adverb in some informal expressions,
Go easy! (= Not too fast!) Take it easy! (= Relax!)
Easy come, easy go. Easier said than done.
Fair: Fair is used as an adverb after a verb in some expressions.
to play fair to fight fair to hit something fair and square
fast: Fast can mean both 'quick' and 'quickly' (a fast car goes fast).
Fast means 'completely' in the expression fast asleep, and it means 'tight', 'impossible to remove' in expressions like hold fast, stick fast, fast colours.
fine The adverb fine (= well) is used in some informal expressions.
That suits me fine. You're doing fine.
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