Adverbs may be formed from adjectives as in English.
The English termination ly is rendered by =mente= added to the feminine form of the adjective, when this changes for the feminine.
Adverbs are compared like the adjectives, but the superlative relative of adverbs is formed with lo más, and lo menos, as—
Es el más rico: He is the richest.
Esta adornado lo más ricamente posible: It is ornamented in the richest manner possible.
Es el menos exacto: He is the least exact.
Cotice lo menos que pueda: Quote the least you can.
Besides the primitive adverbs given in our list, there are many adverbial locutions—
á toda prisa (with all speed). á la española (in the Spanish fashion). á troche y moche, á trochimoche (in a slipshod way). con blandura (gently). de mala gana (unwillingly). de vez (or de cuando) en cuando (from time to time). tal cual vez (once in a while). un si es, no es (ever so little).
When an adverb is followed by a verb in English que must be inserted in Spanish before a finite mood and de before an infinitive, as—