The degrees of comparison of adverbs

Monosyllabic adverbs and disyllabic adverb “early” form comparatives in synthetic way (by means of “-er”, “-est”)

Fast - быстро Hard - усердно Late - поздно Soon - скоро Early - рано

Faster - быстрее Harder - усерднее Later - позднее Sooner - скорее Earlier - раньше

Fastest – быстрее всего(всех) Hardest – усерднее всего(всех) Latest – позднее всего(всех) Soonest – скорее всего(всех) Earliest – раньше всего(всех)

Most disyllabic adverbs in “-ly” and polysyllabic adverbs form their comparatives analytically(by means of “more” and “most”)

Clearly - ясно Bravely - храбро Correctly - правильно

More clearly – более ясно More bravely - более храбро More correctly - более правильно

Most clearly –яснее всего(всех) Most bravely – храбрее всего(всех) Most correctly – правильнее всего(всех)

The following disyllabic adverbs “often”, “quickly”, “slowly” form their comparatives in two ways (in synthetic way and in analytical one)

Often Quickly Slowly

oftener = more often quicker = more quickly slower = more slowly

oftenest = most often quickest = most quickly slowest = most slowly

The following adverbs as well as the corresponding adjectives form their comparatives in suppletive (irregular) way

WELL BADLY MUCH LITTLE FAR

BETTER WORSE MORE LESS FARTHER (FURTHER)

BEST WORST MOST LEAST FARTHEST (FURTHEST)

Some adverbs have two forms equal in their meaning But they are not always interchanged.

bright = brightly occurs in fixed phrases : to shine/to glow/to look/to be bright=brightly e.g. The sun shone bright(=brightly) all day.	But! Only brightly if “in a cheerful manner” e.g. She answered all my questions brightly.
quick = quickly - быстро e.g. Come quick (=quickly) But! “quick” is used for sudden actions that are over in a flash e.g. Jump in quick. Shut it quick.	But! Only “quickly” = rapidly = in a quick way e.g. We must move quickly.
cheap = cheaply Both forms are possible after verbs “to buy”, “to find”, “to get”, “to obtain”, “to sell” e.g. Most business is based on the idea that you buy cheap(=cheaply) and sell dear.	But! Only “cheaply” is used to describe a process e.g. They can make textiles cheaply.
loud(громко) = in a loud manner It is used especially with the following verbs : “to talk”, “to sing”, to laugh”, “to speak”, “to shout” e.g. He laughed loud and long. Don’t talk so loud. Speak louder. Who laughed loudest? They shouted and laughed so loud.	loudly (громко,шумно)= in a loud manner; is used with other verbs e.g. Someone knocked loudly at the door. He could hear a dog barking loudly. loudly (кричаще, ярко, пёстро) e.g. She was loudly dressed.
slow = slowly = at a slow speed e.g. The train’s going terribly slow(=slowly) to go slow = to be slow to go slowly = to travel in a slow fashion (=way) Note! slow – slower – slowest is used : after verbs after “how” (e.g. How slow this train goes!) or in compounds with participles ( slow-moving, slow-cooked food)	slowly = in a slow way to walk to speak slowly to learn to react It is used after verbs and before verbs. e.g. She slowly opened the door.
wide широко,повсюду He travelled far and wide (Он объехал весь мир) широко, настежь to open to fling wide to throw The door was wide open.(Дверь была распахнута настежь) мимо цели, невпопад The arrow fell wide.(Стрела не попала в цель)The ball went wide.(Мяч ушёл в сторону)His blow went wide.(Он промахнулся) To speak wide – говорить невпопад/не по сути/ не связно далеко wide apart – далеко друг от друга	widely over a large area (широко) It is widely known that… He travelled widely. (Он побывал во многих странах) далеко, на большом расстоянии at wide intervals- с большими промежутками wide separated – далеко стоящие друг от друга widely scatted – редко разбросанные (на большой площади) очень сильно = to a large extent/to a large degree widely different – совершенно разные to differ widely in opinions – резко расходится во мнениях to be widely mistaken – глубоко заблуждаться
sound (редко употр.)- крепко,сильно. to be/to fall sound asleep – крепко уснуть (to be/to become deeply(peacefully) asleep)	soundly = in a sound manner, thoroughly and fully обоснованно, серьёзно; умело, хорошо ( He reasons soundly - Он умно(толково, трезво) рассуждает.) беспробудно, крепко (о сне) (He slept soundly – Он крепко спал.) совершенно, полностью (They were soundly defeated -Они потерпели полное поражение.)
fair честно=in a fair manner to play fair – играть честно,по правилам; действовать открыто,честно. to hit fair – нанести удар по правилам прямо, точно to strike somebody fair on the chin – ударить кого-то прямо в подбородок чисто, ясно to copy a letter out fair Переписать письмо начисто(набело) вежливо, учтиво (устно, colloq.) to speak smb fair – вежливо,учтиво говорить с кем-то set phrases To bid fair – казаться вероятным (e.g. It bids fair to be a fine day – День обещает быть хорошим) Fair and softly – тише, легче Fair and square – честно и справедливо	fairly честно,справедливо,беспристрастно = in a fair manner, honestly to win/to gain smth fairly – получить ч-л честно,по справедливости to act fairly by all men – поступать справедливо по отношению ко всем людям You are not treating us fairly – Вы относитесь к нам несправедливо. Довольно-таки, в известной степени = moderately; to a certain extent Fairly good – довольно хороший She sings fairly well – Она поёт довольно-таки хорошо. Совершенно, явно, весьма = completely, actually (эмоц.-усилит.) He is fairly beside himself – Он совершенно вне себя. The boat was fairly under way – Корабль был уже на полном ходу In fairly close relations – И весьма тесных отношениях Благоприятно; надлежащим,соответствующим образом A town fairly situated – хорошо расположенный город He may fairly have high hopes – Он вправе питать больше надежды Ясно, чётко, разборчиво To write fairly a set phrase fairly and squarely = fair and square – честно и справедливо