Adverbs of manner

Los adverbios de modo ('adverbs of manner') responden a la pregunta cómo ('how')

Posición de los adverbios de modo

En inglés no hay una regla general para la colocación de los adverbios (con excepción de los adverbios de frecuencia) pero podemos dar algunas orientaciones:

 1  Cuando modifican a un adjetivo o adverbio suelen ir delante de él.

The steak is well done.

El filete está bien hecho.

 2  Cuando van con un verbo suelen ir detrás de él.

He speaks quickly.

Habla rápido.

They slept badly last week.

Durmieron mal la semana pasada.

 3  Cuando el verbo tiene un complemento, el adverbio irá detrás de éste y no entre el verbo y el complemento.

He drives his car slowly.

Conduce su coche lentamente.

 4  Si el complemento va precedido de una preposición el adverbio puede ir bien delante de la preposición bien detrás del complemento.

I look for my keys desperately.

Busco las llaves desesperadamente.

I look desperately for my keys.

Busco desesperadamente las llaves.

 5  El advebio se suele colocar delante del verbo si el objeto es una oración.

I simply began to feel that they were my friends again.

Yo simplemente empecé a sentir que eran de nuevo mis amigos.

Alphabetical list of common single-word manner adverbs

Adverbs of manner form the largest group of adverbs. We make most of them simply by adding -ly to their corresponding adjective. This is an alphabetical list of 130 common single-word adverbs of manner. Adverbs of manner that do not end in -ly are shown in bold.
accidentally
angrily
anxiously
awkwardly
badly
beautifully
blindly
boldly
bravely
brightly
busily
calmly
carefully
carelessly
cautiously
cheerfully
clearly
closely
correctly
courageously
cruelly
daringly
deliberately
doubtfully
eagerly
easily
elegantly
enormously
enthusiastically
equally
eventually
exactly
faithfully
fast
fatally
fiercely
fondly
foolishly
fortunately
frankly
frantically
generously
gently
gladly
gracefully
greedily
happily
hard
hastily
healthily
honestly
hungrily
hurriedly
inadequately
ingeniously
innocently
inquisitively
irritably
joyously
justly
kindly
lazily
loosely
loudly
madly
mortally
mysteriously
neatly
nervously
noisily
obediently
openly
painfully
patiently
perfectly
politely
poorly
powerfully
promptly
punctually
quickly
quietly
rapidly
rarely
really
recklessly
regularly
reluctantly
repeatedly
rightfully
roughly
rudely
sadly
safely
selfishly
sensibly
seriously
sharply
shyly
silently
sleepily
slowly
smoothly
so
softly
solemnly
speedily
stealthily
sternly
straight
stupidly
successfully
suddenly
suspiciously
swiftly
tenderly
tensely
thoughtfully
tightly
truthfully
unexpectedly
victoriously
violently
vivaciously
warmly
weakly
wearily
well
wildly
wisely