an adverb that shows how someone does something or how something happens. For example in the sentences ‘Drive carefully’, ‘He talks too fast’, ‘The moon shone brightly’, and ‘I accidentally deleted the file’, ‘carefully’, ‘fast’, ‘brightly’ and ‘accidentally’ are manner adverbs.
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of adverbs
adv.
adverb
adverbial
manner adverb
noun countable linguistics
US /ˈmænər ˌædvɜrb/
Word Forms
singular
manner adverb
plural
manner adverbs
DEFINITIONS1
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an adverb that shows how someone does something or how something happens. For example in the sentences ‘Drive carefully’, ‘He talks too fast’, ‘The moon shone brightly’, and ‘I accidentally deleted the file’, ‘carefully’, ‘fast’, ‘brightly’ and ‘accidentally’ are manner adverbs.