Adverb of manner menjelasakan kepada kita bagaimana sesuatu itu terjadi atau bagaimana kita menjawab pertanyaan ‘how‘. Letaknya biasanya setelah kata kerja utama atau setelah object.
Contoh :
How did he eat?  –> He ate quickly. (menjawab pertanyaan ‘how’)
He sang and dance beautifully.       (setelah kata kerja kerja ‘sang’ dan ‘dance’)
He opened the door quietly.         (setelah object ‘the door‘)
Adverb of manner menggantikan phrase atau ungkapan ‘in a/an … way’.
Contoh :
He drives the car in a careful way. = He drives the car carefully.
She tore the letter in an angry way. = She tore the letter angrily.
Sering kita dapati akhiran -ly di awal kalimat, tapi itu tidak disebut adverb of manner tapi adverbial.
Contoh :
Basically, every child has a talent.
Unfortunately, we don’t have any other alternatives.
Finally, we have found the man like you!
Adverb of manner biasanya berasal dari adjective yang ditambah akhiran –ly.
Contoh :
happy <—-> happily
quick <—-> quickly
bad <—-> badly
careful <—-> carefully
Perbedaan adjective dan adverb of manner adalah, adjective menerangkan noun (kata benda) sedangkan adverb of manner menerangkan verb (kata kerja).
Bandingkan :
They always give us a quick response. (quick menerangkan response)
They respond us quickly. (quickly menerangkan respond)
Adjective seperti hard, late, fast dan early tidak berubah ketika menjadi adverb of manner. Memang ada kata hardly dan lately tapi artinya berbeda, hardly artinya hampir tidak dan lately artinya akhir-akhir ini.
 Bandingkan :
He is a hard worker. <—-> He works very hard.
They are fast learners. <—-> They learn fast.
The payment is late now. <—-> They paid late this month.
Early marriage is not good. <—-> They got married early.
Adverb of manner dari ‘good’ bukanlah ‘goodly‘ tetapi ‘well’.
Bandingkan :
He is a good teacher. <—-> He teaches well.
The team is good. <—-> The team plays well.
Kita menggunakan adjective bukan adverb of manner setelah linking verb seperti seem, look, appear, become, sound, taste, feel dan sebagainya.
Contoh :
He became angrily. —-> He became angry.
She looks beautifully. —-> She looks beautiful.
I feel happily. —-> I feel happy.
Walaupun berakhirn –ly, kata-kata seperti lonely, lovely, friendly, silly, dan costly bukanlah adverb of manner.
Contoh :
Mr. Burhan is so lonely after the divorce.
Messi didn’t play at the friendly match last night.
The man spent a lot of money for a costly trip.
Dalam perbandingan adjective dan adverb of manner mempunyai sedikit perbedaan.
Bandingkan :
Mr. Salim is wiser than his brother.
Mr. Salim behaves more wisely than his brother does. (ada ‘does’ diaakhir kalimat)
Indian people are faster than Thai people.
Indian people speak faster than Thai people do. (ada ‘do’ diakhir kalimat)
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