Foundations – Adverb with different meanings
Very similar adverbs but with a different meaning
Very similar adverbs but with a different meaning
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close vs closely
close = not far away
closely = very carefully (he watched them closely)
direct vs. directly
direct = without stopping
directly = exactly/precisely
late vs lately
late = not on time/not early
lately = recently
high vs. highly
high = to a great height
highly = extremely (arsenic is highly toxic)
hard vs. hardly
hard = with a lot of effort (he braked hard when he saw the cat)
hardly = scarcely, almost not (we hardly know our neighbours)
right vs rightly
right = direction or correctly (turn right or you solved it right)
rightly = correctly in my opinion (the tribunal rightly condemned the war criminals.
free vs freely
free = without paying
freely = without limitation or control (sheep roam freely over the hills. roam = travel without a clear idea)
deep vs deeply
deep = to a great depth
deeply = extremely/thorougly
