Top 250 Adverbs
Out of the 2265 most frequently used words, 252 were identified as adverbs. However, 154 words were primarily used as adverbs, while the remaining 98 words were different types but could be used as an adverb. For example, the word "by" is a preposition, such as, "He drove by the restaurant." However, it can also be an adverb, "The restaurant is close by."
Because of the multiple meaning of words, the ordering of words were conducted by 1) taking the frequency of only adverb types, then 2) taking the frequency of (adverbs + other type), then finally 3) taking the frequency of (other type + adverbs).
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| Word | Frequency | Type |
| not | 658 | (adverb) |
| also | 419 | (adverb) |
| very | 191 | (adverb) |
| often | 187 | (adverb) |
| however | 128 | (adverb) |
| too | 114 | (adverb) |
| usually | 101 | (adverb) |
| really | 79 | (adverb) |
| early | 77 | (adverb) |
| never | 76 | (adverb) |
| always | 69 | (adverb) |
| sometimes | 67 | (adverb) |
| together | 63 | (adverb) |
| likely | 57 | (adverb) |
| simply | 54 | (adverb) |
| generally | 52 | (adverb) |
| instead | 50 | (adverb) |
| actually | 46 | (adverb) |
| again | 44 | (adverb) |
| rather | 42 | (adverb) |
| almost | 41 | (adverb) |
| especially | 41 | (adverb) |
| ever | 39 | (adverb) |
| quickly | 39 | (adverb) |
| probably | 38 | (adverb) |
| already | 36 | (adverb) |
| below | 36 | (adverb) |
| directly | 34 | (adverb) |
| therefore | 34 | (adverb) |
| else | 30 | (adverb) |
| thus | 28 | (adverb) |
| easily | 26 | (adverb) |
| eventually | 26 | (adverb) |
| exactly | 26 | (adverb) |
| certainly | 22 | (adverb) |
| normally | 22 | (adverb) |
| currently | 19 | (adverb) |
| extremely | 18 | (adverb) |
| finally | 18 | (adverb) |
| constantly | 17 | (adverb) |
| properly | 17 | (adverb) |
| soon | 17 | (adverb) |
| specifically | 17 | (adverb) |
| ahead | 16 | (adverb) |
| daily | 16 | (adverb) |
| highly | 16 | (adverb) |
| immediately | 16 | (adverb) |
| relatively | 16 | (adverb) |
| slowly | 16 | (adverb) |
| fairly | 15 | (adverb) |
| primarily | 15 | (adverb) |
| completely | 14 | (adverb) |
| ultimately | 14 | (adverb) |
| widely | 14 | (adverb) |
| recently | 13 | (adverb) |
| seriously | 13 | (adverb) |
| frequently | 12 | (adverb) |
| fully | 12 | (adverb) |
| mostly | 12 | (adverb) |
| naturally | 12 | (adverb) |
| nearly | 12 | (adverb) |
| occasionally | 12 | (adverb) |
| carefully | 11 | (adverb) |
| clearly | 11 | (adverb) |
| essentially | 11 | (adverb) |
| possibly | 11 | (adverb) |
| slightly | 11 | (adverb) |
| somewhat | 11 | (adverb) |
| equally | 10 | (adverb) |
| greatly | 10 | (adverb) |
| necessarily | 10 | (adverb) |
| personally | 10 | (adverb) |
| rarely | 10 | (adverb) |
| regularly | 10 | (adverb) |
| similarly | 10 | (adverb) |
| basically | 9 | (adverb) |
| closely | 9 | (adverb) |
| effectively | 9 | (adverb) |
| initially | 9 | (adverb) |
| literally | 9 | (adverb) |
| mainly | 9 | (adverb) |
| merely | 9 | (adverb) |
| gently | 8 | (adverb) |
| hopefully | 8 | (adverb) |
| originally | 8 | (adverb) |
| roughly | 8 | (adverb) |
| significantly | 8 | (adverb) |
| totally | 7 | (adverb) |
| twice | 7 | (adverb) |
| elsewhere | 6 | (adverb) |
| everywhere | 6 | (adverb) |
| perfectly | 6 | (adverb) |
| physically | 6 | (adverb) |
| suddenly | 5 | (adverb) |
| truly | 5 | (adverb) |
| virtually | 5 | (adverb) |
| altogether | 4 | (adverb) |
| anyway | 4 | (adverb) |
| automatically | 4 | (adverb) |
| deeply | 4 | (adverb) |
| definitely | 4 | (adverb) |
| deliberately | 4 | (adverb) |
| hardly | 4 | (adverb) |
| readily | 4 | (adverb) |
| terribly | 4 | (adverb) |
| unfortunately | 4 | (adverb) |
| forth | 3 | (adverb) |
| briefly | 2 | (adverb) |
| moreover | 2 | (adverb) |
| strongly | 2 | (adverb) |
| honestly | 1 | (adverb) |
| previously | 1 | (adverb) |
| as | 1363 | (adverb, conjunction, pronoun) |
| there | 470 | (adverb, pronoun, noun) |
| when | 442 | (adverb, conjunction) |
| how | 412 | (adverb, conjunction) |
| so | 352 | (adverb, conjunction, pronoun) |
| up | 296 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| out | 294 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| no | 213 | (adverb, adjective, noun) |
| only | 208 | (adverb, adjective, conjunction) |
| well | 184 | (adverb, verb, noun) |
| then | 179 | (adverb, adjective) |
| first | 176 | (adverb, adjective) |
| where | 166 | (adverb, pronoun, noun) |
| why | 118 | (adverb, conjunction, noun) |
| now | 104 | (adverb, conjunction, adjective) |
| around | 101 | (adverb, preposition) |
| once | 95 | (adverb, conjunction) |
| down | 94 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| off | 74 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| here | 72 | (adverb, interjection) |
| tonight | 71 | (adverb, noun) |
| away | 59 | (adverb, adjective) |
| today | 54 | (adverb, noun) |
| far | 46 | (adverb, adjective) |
| quite | 45 | (adverb, interjection) |
| later | 42 | (adverb, interjection) |
| above | 40 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| yet | 32 | (adverb, conjunction) |
| maybe | 17 | (adverb, noun) |
| otherwise | 14 | (adverb, adjective) |
| near | 13 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| forward | 11 | (adverb, adjective, noun) |
| somewhere | 10 | (adverb, noun) |
| anywhere | 9 | (adverb, noun) |
| please | 8 | (adverb, verb, idiom) |
| forever | 7 | (adverb, noun, idiom) |
| somehow | 6 | (adverb, idiom) |
| absolutely | 5 | (adverb, interjection) |
| abroad | 2 | (adverb, noun) |
| yeah | 2 | (adverb, interjection) |
| nowhere | 1 | (adverb, pronoun, adjective) |
| tomorrow | 1 | (adverb, noun) |
| yesterday | 1 | (adverb, noun) |
| the | 9243 | (definite article, adverb) |
| to | 4951 | (preposition, adverb) |
| in | 2822 | (preposition, adverb) |
| on | 1087 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
| by | 706 | (preposition, adverb) |
| more | 597 | (adjective, adverb) |
| about | 451 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
| such | 236 | (adjective, adverb) |
| through | 235 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
| new | 210 | (adjective, adverb) |
| just | 208 | (adjective, adverb) |
| any | 190 | (adjective, adverb) |
| each | 173 | (adjective, adverb) |
| much | 165 | (adjective, adverb) |
| before | 141 | (preposition, adverb, conjunction) |
| between | 137 | (preposition, adverb) |
| free | 115 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| right | 113 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| best | 108 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| since | 107 | (preposition, adverb, conjunction) |
| both | 91 | (adjective, adverb) |
| sure | 90 | (adjective, adverb) |
| without | 89 | (preposition, adverb, conjunction) |
| back | 86 | (noun, adverb, verb) |
| better | 86 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| enough | 82 | (adjective, adverb, interjection) |
| lot | 82 | (pronoun, adverb, noun) |
| small | 81 | (adjective, adverb) |
| though | 81 | (conjunction, adverb) |
| less | 75 | (adjective, adverb, preposition) |
| little | 71 | (adjective, adverb) |
| under | 70 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
| next | 64 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| hard | 61 | (adjective, adverb) |
| real | 58 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| left | 52 | (adjective, adverb) |
| least | 50 | (adjective, adverb) |
| short | 48 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| last | 47 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| within | 46 | (preposition, adverb) |
| along | 45 | (preposition, adverb) |
| lower | 41 | (adjective, adverb) |
| true | 38 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| bad | 37 | (noun, adverb, adjective) |
| across | 36 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
| clear | 35 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| easy | 35 | (adjective, adverb, interjection) |
| full | 34 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| close | 29 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| late | 28 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| proper | 27 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| fast | 25 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| wide | 25 | (adjective, adverb) |
| item | 23 | (noun, adverb) |
| wrong | 23 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| ago | 22 | (adjective, adverb) |
| behind | 22 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
| quick | 22 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| straight | 21 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| direct | 20 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| extra | 20 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| morning | 20 | (noun, adverb) |
| pretty | 20 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| overall | 19 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| alone | 18 | (adjective, adverb) |
| bright | 17 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| flat | 17 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| whatever | 16 | (pronoun, adverb, interjection) |
| slow | 15 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| clean | 14 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| fresh | 14 | (adjective, adverb) |
| whenever | 14 | (conjunction, adverb) |
| cheap | 13 | (adjective, adverb) |
| thin | 13 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| cool | 12 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| fair | 11 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| fine | 11 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| smooth | 10 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| false | 7 | (adjective, adverb, idiom) |
| thick | 7 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| collect | 6 | (verb, adverb, noun) |
| nearby | 6 | (adjective, adverb) |
| wild | 6 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| apart | 5 | (adjective, adverb) |
| none | 5 | (pronoun, adverb, adjective) |
| strange | 5 | (adjective, adverb) |
| tourist | 5 | (noun, adverb) |
| aside | 4 | (noun, adverb) |
| loud | 4 | (adjective, adverb) |
| super | 4 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| tight | 4 | (adjective, adverb) |
| gross | 3 | (adjective, adverb, verb) |
| ill | 3 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| downtown | 2 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| honest | 2 | (adjective, adverb) |
| ok | 1 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
| pray | 1 | (verb, adverb) |
| weekly | 1 | (adjective, adverb, noun) |
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