The adverbs in English Grammar

What is an Adverb?

An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example:

He swims quickly.
(Here, the adverb quickly modifies the verb swims.)
He is an extremely quick swimmer.
(Here, the adverb extremely modifies the adjective quick.)
He swims extremely quickly.
(Here, the adverb extremely modifies the adverb quickly.)

-John is laughing.
-John is laughing loudly.

When an adverb modifies a verb, it generally tells us how, where, where, how much, and how often the action is performed. Here are some examples of verb-modifying adverbs:

How: She ran quickly.
When: She ran yesterday.
Where: She ran here.
How often: She ran daily.
How much: She ran fastest.

An adverb modifying an adjective

-They were joyously happy.
-The duration of the class is exceedingly long.
-The joke was truly funny.
-This car is extremely nice.
-We saw a badly damaged car on the road.
-The music was really interesting.

An adverb modifying another adverb

-They were laughing too loudly.
-They started their married life very happily.
-My sister drives her car very carelessly.
-He responded too quickly.
-She walked fast enough to reach the class on time.
-He painted the wall pretty beautifully.