Adverbs 副词 fù cí are words that are used to describe verbs and adjectives. Adverbs 副词 fù cí can be omitted (left out) from a sentence that contains the verbs and that they describe. In other words, a sentence in English is still proper (correct) if it does not contain an adverb 副词 fù cí preceding (before) the verb/adjective.
  

Examples of  proper sentences	Examples of  improper sentences
Basil is a smart boy. (no adverb) Basil is a very smart boy.   Basil is extremely smart.	Basil is a very boy.
The girl danced gracefully. The dragon flew majestically.	The dancer is gracefully. The dragon flew majestic. (Note: majestic is an adjective.)

Many adverbs have the suffix -ly. Examples include extremely, gracefully, beautifully, rapidly and majestically, to name a few. These are adjectives with the suffix -ly.

Words with the suffix -ly that are adjectives include timely, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. These examples are nouns with the added suffix -ly. An example sentence is

This is a weekly newsletter.

The word weekly describes the newsletter (which is a noun and hence, is an adjective.)

Examples of  adverbs ending with -ly	Examples of  adjectives ending with -ly
quickly slowly loudly softly playfully painfully absentmindedly	timely hourly daily weekly monthly yearly

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