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The adjectival use is given first
airmail: airmail letter, send it airmail
all day: an all day match, play all day
all right: I'm all right, you've done all right
best: best clothes, do your best
better: a better book speak better
big: a big house, talk big
cheap: a cheap suit buy it cheap
clean: clean air cut it clean
clear: a clear sky, stand clear
close: the shops are close, stay close
cold: a cold person, run cold
daily: a daily paper, they deliver daily
dead: a dead stop, stop dead
dear: a dear bouquet, sell it dear
deep: a deep hole, drink deep
direct: a direct train go direct
dirty: dirty weather, play dirty
downtown: a downtown restaurant (AmE)
duty-free: a duty-free shop, buy it duty-free
early: an early train, arrive early
easy: an easy book, go easy
everyday: my everyday suit, work every day
extra: an extra blanket, charge extra
fair: a fair decision, play fair
far: a far country, go far
farther: on the farther side, walk farther
fast: a fast driver, drive fast
fine: a fine pencil cut it fine
firm: a firm belief hold firm
first: the first guest, first I'll wash
free: a free ticket, travel free
further: further questions, walk further
hard: a hard worker, work hard
high: a high note, aim high
home: home cooking, go home
hourly: hourly bulletin phone hourly
inside: the inside story, stay inside
kindly: a kindly man act kindly
last: the last guest, come last
late: a late train, arrive late
long: long hair don t stay long
loud: a loud noise talk loud
low: a low bridge, aim low
monthly: a monthly bill, pay monthly
outside: an outside lavatory wait outside
overseas: overseas travel, travel overseas
past: the past week, walk past
quick: a quick worker, come quick
quiet: a quiet evening sit quiet
right: the right answer answer right
sharp: sharp eyes, look sharp
slow: a slow train, go slow
straight: a straight line think straight
sure: I m sure Sure, I'll do it (AmE)
thin/thick: a thin/thick slice, cut it thin/thick
through: a through train, go through
tight: a tight fit sit tight
weekly: weekly pay, pay weekly
well: I am well, do well
wide: a wide room, open wide
worse: worse marks, do worse than
wrong: a wrong guess, answer wrong
yearly: a yearly visit go there yearly
Appendix 15 [> 7.13,7.14] Adverbs with two forms
15.1 Two forms used in the same way:
All forms without -ly can also be used as adjectives [compare > App 14] cheap/cheaply, clean/cleanly clear/clearly close/closely, dear/dearly, fair/fairly fine/finely firm/firmly, first/firstly, loud/loudly quick/ quickly, quiet/quietly, slow/slowly thin/thinly
| 15.2 Two forms deep/deeply: direct/directly: easy/easily: flat/flatly: free/freely: full/fully: hard/hardly: high/highly: just/justly: last/lastly: late/lately: near/nearly: pretty/prettily: real/really: rough/roughly: sharp/sharply: short/shortly: strong/strongly: sure/surely: wide/widely: |
used in different ways: e g drink deep, deeply regret go direct, I'II come directly go easy,, win easily fall flat, flatly refuse travel free, freely admit full in the face, fully realize work hard, hardly any food aim high, think highly of you just finished, deal justly with arrive last, lastly, I think arrive late, lately I ve seen go near, nearly finished sit pretty, smile prettily real glad (AmE) / really like sleep rough, roughly twenty 10 am sharp speak sharply stop short, see you shortly going strong, strongly feel I sure am late (AmE), surely open wide widely believed
Appendix 16 [ 7.53]
