| cārus, | cārē, dearly; |
| pulcher, | pulchrē, beautifully; |
| ācer, | ācriter, fiercely; |
| levis, | leviter, lightly. |
a. But Adjectives in -ns, and a few others, add -er (instead of -iter), to form the Adverb; as,—
| sapiēns, | sapienter, wisely; |
| sollers, | sollerter, skillfully. |
Note audāx, audācter, boldly.
2. The Comparative of all Adverbs regularly consists of the Accusative Singular Neuter of the Comparative of the Adjective; while the Superlative of the Adverb is formed by changing the -ī of the Genitive Singular of the Superlative of the Adjective to -ē. Thus—
| (cārus) | cārē, dearly, | cārius, | cārissimē. |
| (pulcher) | pulchrē, beautifully, | pulchrius, | pulcherrimē. |
| (ācer) | ācriter, fiercely, | ācrius, | ācerrimē. |
| (levis) | leviter, lightly, | levius, | levissimē. |
| (sapiēns) | sapienter, wisely, | sapientius, | sapientissimē. |
| (audāx) | audācter, boldly, | audācius, | audācissimē. |
Adverbs Peculiar in Comparison and Formation.
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| benĕ, well, | melius, | optimē. |
| malĕ, ill, | pejus, | pessimē. |
| magnopere, greatly, | magis, | maximē. |
| multum, much, | plūs, | plūrimum. |
| nōn multum, little, parum, | minus, | minimē. |
| diū, long, | diūtius, | diūtissimē. |
| nēquiter, worthlessly, | nēquius, | nēquissimē. |
| saepe, often, | saepius, | saepissimē. |
| mātūrē, betimes, | mātūrius, | mātūrrimē. mātūrissimē. |
| prope, near, | propius, | proximē. |
| nūper, recently, | —— | nūperrimē. |
| —— | potius, rather, | potissimum, especially. |
| —— | prius, previously, before, | prīmum, first. |
| secus, otherwise, | sētius, less. |
2. A number of adjectives of the First and Second Declensions form an Adverb in -ō, instead of -ē; as,—