adverb

Most adverbs are formed from adjectives or past participles by adding -ly (quick: quickly) or -ally (automatic: automatically).

Sometimes adverbs are formed by adding -wise (likewise and clockwise, as in ‘moving clockwise’).

Some adverbs have a distinct form from their partnering adjective: good (adjective) becomes well (adverb), as in ‘it was good work; they did it well’). Others do not derive from adjectives: very (‘very nice’) tomorrow (‘I'll do it tomorrow’). Some adverbs, on the other hand, are the same as adjectives: pretty (‘it's pretty good’).