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The 100 most common adverbs in French 🇫🇷

French adverbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

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1plusmore, -er
2nonno
3avectoo, also
4ouiyes
5toutall
6icihere
7alorsthen
8trèsvery
9aussitoo, also, as well
10jamaisnever
11pourquoiwhy
12encorestill
13toujoursalways
14maintenantnow, currently
15vraimenttruly, really, genuinely
16commenthow
17mĂŞmeeven
18peut-ĂŞtremaybe, perhaps
19peulittle, not very much/many
20troptoo, too much
21déjàalready
22beaucoupmuch, very much, a lot
23donctherefore, consequently, thus
24aprèsafterwards
25avantbeforehand, earlier
26vitequickly
27depuisever since, since then
28demaintomorrow
29assezenough
30combienhow much
31tantso much
32aujourd'huitoday
33tardlate
34longtempsfor a long time, over a long period
35seulementonly
36enfinfinally, in the end
37lĂ -basthere, over there
38puisthen, after, next
39ensembletogether
40loinfar, distant
41hieryesterday
42plutĂ´tearlier, sooner
43ainsiin this way, thus
44bientĂ´tsoon
45tellementso, so much, very
46presquealmost
47dehorsoutside
48d'abordfirst, at first, right away
49parfoissometimes
50autantso much
51surtoutabove all
52exactementexactly, quite
53partouteverywhere
54souventoften
55prèsnear , close
56sûrementsurely, certainly
57tĂ´tearly
58ailleurselsewhere, somewhere else
59ensuitein turn, subsequently, thereafter, then
60dessuson
61complètementcompletely
62derrièrebehind
63doucementsoftly
64pourtanthowever, yet
65deboutstanding, stood up, upright
66absolumentabsolutely, totally, completely
67autouraround
68simplementsimply
69dedanstowards the inside, inwardly, internally
70lĂ -dedansinside there
71probablementprobably
72lĂ -hautup there
73justementprecisely, exactly, accurately
74immédiatementimmediately
75environabout, close to, around
76certainementcertainly
77finalementfinally, last, lastly
78parfaitementperfectly
79au-dessusabove
80apparemmentapparently
81autrementotherwise
82heureusementluckily, fortunately
83sérieusementseriously
84désormaishenceforth, from now on
85lorsthen, at that time
86malheureusementunfortunately
87franchementfrankly, sincerely
88égalementequally
89lĂ -dessuson this, here
90pisworse
91auprèsnearby
92davantagemore
93totalementtotally
94évidemmentof course, evidently, obviously
95autrefoispreviously, formerly , erstwhile
96facilementeasily
97directementdirectly
98rapidementspeedily, quickly
99lentementslowly
100forcémentinevitably

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