Adverb

Adverb

Adverb is a word which modifies (gives more information about) a verb or adjective or other adverb.

For example,
    He replied.
    He replied quickly.

The word “quickly” is an adverb which gives more information about verb “reply” in the above example. The adverb “quickly” in above example tells us about the verb “reply” that the reply was given quickly or with no time delay.
Similarly an adverb may also modify adjective or other adverb or other part of speech except the noun.

Examples (adverbs modifying verbs).   
     He was driving carelessly.
     John can speak French fluently.
     They live happily.
     Marry is laughing loudly.
     He goes to school daily.
     We sometimes get confused.
     He met me yesterday.
     Guests will come here.

Examples (adverbs modifying adjectives).
Note: The bold words (in following examples) are adverbs and the underlined words are adjectives.  

      It is a very difficult problem.
      He is seriously ill.
      This book is really nice.
      The story of “crazy man” was truly funny.
       You are too weak to walk.

Examples (adverbs modifying other adverbs).   
Note: The bold word (in following examples) is an adverb and underlined word is the other adverb.  

     John drives very slowly.
     He was talking too much angrily.
     He ran fast enough to catch the bus.
     They live very happily.