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The 200 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
101uniquementuniquely
102récemmentrecently
103naturellementnaturally
104normalementin theory
105cependantmeanwhile
106amenamen
107volontierswillingly, gladly, with pleasure
108profondémentdeeply, profoundly
109clairementclearly
110personnellementpersonally
111suffisammentsufficiently, enough
112réellementreally, genuinely, in fact
113dessousunderneath, beneath
114entièremententirely
115guèrehardly, barely
116vachementbloody, extremely
117certescertainly, surely, decidedly, definitely
118particulièrementparticularly, specifically
119extrĂŞmementextremely
120pratiquementpractically
121auparavantbeforehand, previously
122rarementrarely, seldom
123sincèrementsincerely, truly
124effectivementindeed
125aussitĂ´timmediately
126tranquillementcalmly
127précisémentin a precise manner, without approximation
128énormémentenormously
129honnĂŞtementhonestly
130nanInformal spelling of non , nah, nope
131terriblementterribly, in a way that is terrible
132quelquefoissometimes
133après-demainthe day after tomorrow
134jadislong ago, once, yesteryear, in times past, yore
135précédemmentbefore, before now
136actuellementcurrently
137gentimentfriendly, kindly
138dernièrementrecently, lately, of late
139correctementcorrectly
140drĂ´lementfunnily
141officiellementofficially
142infinimentinfinitely, ad infinitum
143carrémentsquarely, at right angles
144spécialementespecially, specially
145définitivementdefinitively, for good, once and for all
146ouahyeah, yep, yup
147contrairementcontrarily, oppositely
148physiquementphysically
149différemmentdifferently
150attentivementattentively
151constammentconstantly
152éternellementeternally
153quantOnly used in quant Ă 
154jusque-lĂ up to there
155généralementgenerally, in general
156quasimentpractically, almost
157voiretruly
158cashin cash
159dorénavanthenceforth, from now on, from this day forward
160bizarrementbizarrely
161soudainementsuddenly
162visiblementvisibly
163librementfreely, without restrictions
164sur-le-champon the spot, immediately, right away
165calmementcalmly
166avant-hiertwo days ago, the day before yesterday
167hypervery, a lot
168gravementseriously, badly
169techniquementtechnically
170gratuitementfreely, for free
171légèrementlightly
172sacrémentbloody, incredibly, really
173largementmainly, mostly
174vivementforcefully, vigorously
175discrètementdiscreetly, discretely
176manifestementobviously
177régulièrementregularly
178tantĂ´tsoon, shortly
179incroyablementunbelievably
180premièrementfirstly, in the first place
181aliasalias
182toutefoishowever, nonetheless
183littéralementliterally
184mollosoftly, gently
185légalementlegally
186néanmoinshowever
187strictementstrictly
188brusquementsuddenly
189hautementhighly, very
190backback
191alentouraround
192vaguementvaguely
193sexuellementsexually
194deuxièmementsecondly
195bĂŞtementstupidly, idiotically
196proprementproperly
197relativementrelatively
198gratisfree, without charge, gratis
199subitementsuddenly
200mentalementmentally

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