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Positive, Comparative, Superlative

Like the bowls of porridge in the Three Bears' house, adverbs have three forms:

  1. Positive—when you don't want to make or imply a comparison
  2. Comparative—when you want to compare two things
  3. Superlative—when you want to compare three or more things

List of Examples

  • He sighed meaningfully.
  • I've never smoked.
  • You'll be dearly sorry.
  • I totally didn't expect that.
  • She accidentally read ahead.
  • Tommy waited more patiently.
  • We hardly see each other.
  • They also like Pokémon.
  • I remember those moments fondly.
  • Juan raced quickly across the field.

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