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The 400 most common adverbs in Italian 🇮🇹
376 Italian adverbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.
| # | Italian | English | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | non | not | |
| 2 | come | how | |
| 3 | anche | also, too, as well, besides | |
| 4 | molto | much, very much, a lot | A essere onesto, non mi piace molto.I don't like it very much, to be frank. |
| 5 | perché | why | |
| 6 | quando | when | |
| 7 | così | so | |
| 8 | sempre | always | |
| 9 | poi | then | |
| 10 | dopo | after, later | |
| 11 | ancora | still | |
| 12 | già | already, yet | Via MontelloMontello Street |
| 13 | quindi | therefore, hence, thus | [...] così s'allenta la ripa che cade ¶ quivi ben ratta da l'altro girone; ¶ ma quinci e quindi l'alta pietra rade.[...] e'en thus attempered is the bank which falls ¶ sheer downward from the second circle there; ¶ but on this side and that the high rock graze. |
| 14 | poco | little, not much | Poco allungati c’eravam di lici,quand’io m’accorsi che ’l monte era scemo,a guisa che i vallon li sceman quici.Little had we withdrawn us from that place, when I perceived the mount was hollowed out in fashion as the valleys here are hollowed. |
| 15 | mai | never | Una risposta quanto mai ambigua.An ambiguous answer indeed. |
| 16 | dove | where, whereabouts | |
| 17 | oggi | today | |
| 18 | qualche | some, about | Ascanio fondò Alba Longa, facendone la nuova capitale. E dopo otto generazioni, cioè a dire qualche duecento anni dopo l'arrivo di Enea, due suoi discendenti, Numitore e Amulio, erano ancora sul trono del Lazio.Ascanius founded Alba Longa, making it the new capital. And after eight generations, that is, some two hundred years after Aeneas' arrival, two descendants of his – Numitor and Amulius – were still sitting on the throne of Latium. |
| 19 | qui | here | |
| 20 | meno | less | Se l'abbia scritto o meno rimarrà sempre un segreto.Whether he wrote it or not will always remain a secret. |
| 21 | invece | instead, but, whereas, on the contrary | |
| 22 | contro | against | |
| 23 | allora | then | Allora ’l cavaleroche ’n sì alto mesteroavea la mente misase n’andò a distesae gÃsene a ProdezzaThen the knight, with his mind turned to such an elevated mystery, left in a hurry, and went to Prodezza |
| 24 | sotto | down | |
| 25 | forse | maybe, perhaps, possibly, may, might | |
| 26 | oltre | farther, further, past, by, on | |
| 27 | quasi | almost, nearly | |
| 28 | attraverso | transversely | |
| 29 | infatti | indeed | |
| 30 | valore | as much as, as many as | Gli agricoltori della Luisiana hanno subito una perdita del valore di 450 milioni di dollari a causa dell'uragano Gustav.Louisiana farmers face lost income of as much as $450 million because of Hurricane Gustav. |
| 31 | soprattutto | above all, most, most of all | |
| 32 | comunque | anyhow, in any case, regardless | |
| 33 | insieme | together | |
| 34 | ben | Apocopic form of bene | |
| 35 | fuori | out, outside | |
| 36 | circa | about, approximately | |
| 37 | inoltre | moreover, also, besides, in addition, furthermore | Inoltre, l’aumento significativo di alcuni parametri non è positivo in assoluto.Furthermore, the significant increase in some parameters is not an absolute positive. |
| 38 | perchè | Misspelling of perché. | |
| 39 | cioè | used to rephrase, clarify or correct something previously said, id est, that is, in other words | |
| 40 | almeno | at least | |
| 41 | subito | at once, immediately, as soon as possible, shortly | |
| 42 | dunque | then, afterwards | |
| 43 | soltanto | only, just, but, alone, merely | |
| 44 | ormai | by now, by this time, now, at this point, by then | |
| 45 | presso | nearby, near, close | |
| 46 | adesso | now | |
| 47 | sopra | up | |
| 48 | appena | barely, hardly | Ti si sente appena con tutto questo baccano.I can barely hear you with all this noise. |
| 49 | davvero | really, in fact | |
| 50 | nulla | nothing, anything | |
| 51 | incontro | towards | |
| 52 | pur | Apocopic form of pure | |
| 53 | piuttosto | rather , better , instead | preferirei che venissi venerdì piuttosto che giovedìI would prefer you came on Friday rather than on Thursday |
| 54 | ecco | here | |
| 55 | ecc | Abbreviation of eccetera., etc. | |
| 56 | davanti | at the front, in front | |
| 57 | dentro | inside, indoors | |
| 58 | specie | especially, particularly | Nonostante la sua abilità , Clemens ha avuto poca fama, specie tra i suoi contemporanei.Despite his ability, Clemens had little fame, particularly among his contemporaries. |
| 59 | ieri | yesterday | |
| 60 | infine | finally, in the end, at last, lastly, ultimately | |
| 61 | direttamente | directly | |
| 62 | entro | inside | |
| 63 | dietro | behind, at the back | |
| 64 | magari | even | |
| 65 | veramente | really, indeed, actually, truly | |
| 66 | male | badly, wrongly | |
| 67 | semplicemente | simply, plainly, plain | |
| 68 | abbastanza | enough, sufficiently | |
| 69 | finalmente | at last | |
| 70 | ovviamente | obviously, evidently, clearly | |
| 71 | probabilmente | probably, likely, possibly, easily | |
| 72 | nemmeno | not even | |
| 73 | completamente | completely, fully | |
| 74 | insomma | in short, in sum, in a word, in conclusion | |
| 75 | sicuramente | surely, certainly, definitely, of course | |
| 76 | naturalmente | naturally, of course, sure | |
| 77 | assolutamente | absolutely, completely, totally, dead | |
| 78 | purtroppo | unfortunately, regretfully, regrettably | |
| 79 | certamente | certainly, definitely, surely, of course | |
| 80 | addirittura | even | Alcuni addirittura lo accusarono di tradimento.Some even accused him of treason. |
| 81 | neanche | neither | |
| 82 | domani | tomorrow | |
| 83 | particolarmente | particularly | |
| 84 | attualmente | currently, now, at present, nowadays, at the moment | |
| 85 | altrimenti | otherwise, or else | |
| 86 | assai | very | La musica da camera era assai allegra.The chamber music was very cheerful. |
| 87 | facilmente | easily | |
| 88 | immediatamente | immediately, at once, promptly, right away, forthwith, straight away | |
| 89 | intanto | in the meantime, meanwhile, while | |
| 90 | indietro | back, behind, backwards | |
| 91 | esattamente | exactly, precisely, just | |
| 92 | qua | here | |
| 93 | accanto | nearby | |
| 94 | attorno | around | |
| 95 | praticamente | practically | |
| 96 | persino | even, just | |
| 97 | ove | where | |
| 98 | affatto | completely | |
| 99 | esclusivamente | exclusively, only, solely | |
| 100 | solamente | only, just, but, alone, merely | |
| 101 | parecchio | really, rather, quite a lot, quite a bit, quite a long time, quite a while | |
| 102 | effettivamente | actually, really, quite, indeed | |
| 103 | giù | down, downstairs, below | |
| 104 | assieme | together, along | |
| 105 | chiaramente | clearly, plainly, distinctly, accurately, tersely | |
| 106 | ancor | Apocopic form of ancora | |
| 107 | estremamente | extremely, in the extreme | |
| 108 | peraltro | moreover | |
| 109 | onde | whence, from where or which | |
| 110 | successivamente | afterwards, then, later | |
| 111 | contemporaneamente | simultaneously, at the same time | |
| 112 | finora | so far, till now, up to now, yet | |
| 113 | specialmente | especially, particularly, mainly | |
| 114 | necessariamente | necessarily | |
| 115 | generalmente | generally, normally | |
| 116 | decisamente | decidedly, definitely, positively, strongly, indeed | |
| 117 | perfettamente | perfectly | |
| 118 | chissà | who knows? | |
| 119 | realmente | really, actually | |
| 120 | totalmente | totally, completely | |
| 121 | talvolta | sometimes, at times | |
| 122 | personalmente | personally, in person, oneself, directly | |
| 123 | relativamente | relatively | |
| 124 | recentemente | recently, lately, of late | |
| 125 | normalmente | normally | |
| 126 | rapidamente | quickly, rapidly | |
| 127 | evidentemente | evidently, obviously, clearly | |
| 128 | benissimo | superlative degree of bene: very well | |
| 129 | originariamente | originally | |
| 130 | innanzitutto | first of all | |
| 131 | fortemente | strongly | |
| 132 | eventualmente | in case of | |
| 133 | perfino | Synonym of persino, even, just | |
| 134 | lentamente | slowly | |
| 135 | maggiormente | more | |
| 136 | nuovamente | again | |
| 137 | talmente | so, very | non è impossibile, ma è talmente da confonderliit's not impossible, but it's enough to confuse them |
| 138 | profondamente | deep, deeply | |
| 139 | continuamente | continuously, nonstop | |
| 140 | ovunque | wherever, anywhere, everywhere | |
| 141 | strettamente | tightly | |
| 142 | automaticamente | automatically | |
| 143 | liberamente | liberally | |
| 144 | pienamente | fully, completely, absolutely, quite | |
| 145 | inizialmente | initially, at first, at the beginning | |
| 146 | altresì | besides | |
| 147 | principalmente | in the first place, firstly | Dico principalmente che da Adamo insino a Nino Re, […] si fue anni dumila trecento quaranta quattro.Firstly I say that, from Adam to King Ninus, there were two-thousand three-hundred forty-four years |
| 148 | ulteriormente | further, even further | |
| 149 | altrove | elsewhere, somewhere else | |
| 150 | velocemente | quickly, speedily, fast, rapidly | |
| 151 | sostanzialmente | substantially, basically, essentially | |
| 152 | improvvisamente | suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly, short, out of the blue, cold turkey | |
| 153 | interamente | entirely, wholly, completely | |
| 154 | malgrado | despite | |
| 155 | diversamente | in a different way, differently, otherwise | |
| 156 | definitivamente | finally, once and for all | |
| 157 | solitamente | usually, as a rule, generally, habitually | |
| 158 | stasera | this evening, tonight | |
| 159 | rispettivamente | respectively | |
| 160 | correttamente | correctly | |
| 161 | leggermente | mildly, gently | |
| 162 | costantemente | constantly | |
| 163 | regolarmente | regularly | |
| 164 | apparentemente | seemingly, apparently | |
| 165 | indipendentemente | regardless , irrespective , apart, aside | |
| 166 | volentieri | willingly, gladly, with pleasure | |
| 167 | unicamente | only, exclusively, solely | |
| 168 | viceversa | vice versa, the other way around, and back | |
| 169 | ugualmente | equally | |
| 170 | prevalentemente | prevalently, prevailingly | |
| 171 | letteralmente | literally | |
| 172 | difficilmente | hardly, with difficulty, unlikely | |
| 173 | essenzialmente | essentially, basically, fundamentally | |
| 174 | ivi | there, therein | |
| 175 | tuttora | still | Tuttora non sappiamo chi sia l'assassino.We're still in the dark as to the identity of the killer. |
| 176 | tardi | late | |
| 177 | seriamente | seriously | |
| 178 | precisamente | precisely, exactly | |
| 179 | inevitabilmente | inevitably | |
| 180 | raramente | rarely, seldom | |
| 181 | laddove | where | Giungemmo laddove nessuno era mai giunto prima.We arrived where nobody had ever arrived before. |
| 182 | sufficientemente | sufficiently | |
| 183 | addosso | on | |
| 184 | altamente | highly | |
| 185 | stavolta | this time | |
| 186 | giustamente | justly, fairly | |
| 187 | notevolmente | notably | |
| 188 | espressamente | expressly | |
| 189 | parzialmente | partially, partly, semi- | |
| 190 | ampiamente | widely | |
| 191 | gratis | for free, gratis | |
| 192 | ufficialmente | officially, formally | |
| 193 | anzitutto | first of all | |
| 194 | puramente | frankly and sincerely, and without malice | |
| 195 | precedentemente | previously, before, formerly | |
| 196 | gratuitamente | for free, gratis | |
| 197 | tranquillamente | calmly, peacefully | |
| 198 | fisicamente | physically | |
| 199 | eccetera | et cetera, and so on, and so forth | |
| 200 | oramai | Alternative form of ormai | |
| 201 | potenzialmente | potentially, virtually, almost | |
| 202 | fortunatamente | luckily, fortunately | |
| 203 | esplicitamente | clearly | |
| 204 | indubbiamente | undoubtedly, without any doubt, certainly, doubtless | |
| 205 | quotidianamente | daily, every day, day by day | |
| 206 | attentamente | carefully, closely | |
| 207 | appositamente | intentionally | |
| 208 | politicamente | politically | |
| 209 | adeguatamente | adequately | |
| 210 | progressivamente | progressively | |
| 211 | frequentemente | frequently, often | |
| 212 | rigorosamente | strictly, rigorously | |
| 213 | altronde | elsewhere, somewhere else | |
| 214 | concretamente | concretely, positively | |
| 215 | complessivamente | comprehensively | |
| 216 | stamattina | this morning | |
| 217 | attivamente | actively | |
| 218 | sinceramente | sincerely, honestly | |
| 219 | formalmente | formally | |
| 220 | dappertutto | everywhere, all over the place | |
| 221 | tipicamente | typically | |
| 222 | storicamente | historically | |
| 223 | ultimamente | lately, recently, of late | |
| 224 | comunemente | commonly | |
| 225 | fondamentalmente | basically, essentially, fundamentally | |
| 226 | gradualmente | gradually | |
| 227 | economicamente | economically | |
| 228 | brevemente | shortly, briefly, in brief, concisely | |
| 229 | apertamente | openly | |
| 230 | pressoché | nearly, almost | |
| 231 | propriamente | properly, correctly | |
| 232 | dapprima | at first, firstly, first of all | |
| 233 | semmai | if ever | |
| 234 | largamente | abundantly | |
| 235 | nettamente | clearly | |
| 236 | dintorno | round, around, about, round about | |
| 237 | tosto | at once, immediately | Tosto, spiegando in vari lati i vanni, / si furon questi per lo mondo sparti, [...]At once, unfolding towards various directions their wings, they were scattered around the whole world. |
| 238 | pubblicamente | publicly | |
| 239 | autonomamente | autonomously | |
| 240 | possibilmente | if possible | |
| 241 | indirettamente | indirectly | |
| 242 | radicalmente | radically, completely, drastically, dramatically | |
| 243 | socialmente | socially | |
| 244 | efficacemente | effectively | |
| 245 | quantomeno | at least, to say the least | |
| 246 | stranamente | strangely, oddly | |
| 247 | accuratamente | accurately, carefully | |
| 248 | conseguentemente | consequently | |
| 249 | periodicamente | periodically | |
| 250 | contrariamente | contrary | |
| 251 | perlomeno | at least, to say the least | |
| 252 | sistematicamente | systematically | |
| 253 | specificamente | specifically | |
| 254 | oltretutto | moreover, on top of that, as well as that | |
| 255 | appieno | fully | |
| 256 | talora | Synonym of talvolta | |
| 257 | paradossalmente | paradoxically | |
| 258 | opportunamente | opportunely | |
| 259 | men | Apocopic form of meno | |
| 260 | tradizionalmente | traditionally, customarily | |
| 261 | analogamente | analogously | |
| 262 | integralmente | full, integrally, entirely, completely | |
| 263 | gentilmente | kindly, courteously | |
| 264 | temporaneamente | temporarily, provisionally | |
| 265 | spontaneamente | spontaneously | |
| 266 | ripetutamente | repeatedly, over and over, again and again | |
| 267 | eccessivamente | excessively, too | |
| 268 | abitualmente | usually, habitually | |
| 269 | unitamente | uniformly | |
| 270 | preventivamente | preemptively, in advance, beforehand | |
| 271 | positivamente | positively | |
| 272 | retro | behind | |
| 273 | sopratutto | Alternative form of soprattutto | |
| 274 | invano | in vain, uselessly | |
| 275 | pesantemente | heavily, hard | |
| 276 | stanotte | tonight | Partiremo stanotte alle 2.We are leaving tonight at 2 am. |
| 277 | dovunque | wherever | |
| 278 | tecnicamente | technically | |
| 279 | incredibilmente | incredibly, unbelievably, fantastically, amazingly | |
| 280 | parallelamente | parallel, parallelly | |
| 281 | sovente | often | I miei maestri di Melk mi avevano detto sovente che è molto difficile per un nordico farsi idee chiare sulle vicende religiose e politiche d'Italia.My masters at Melk often told me how difficult it would be for a Nordic person to clearly understand Italian religious and political affairs. |
| 282 | limitatamente | to a limited extent | |
| 283 | enormemente | enormously | |
| 284 | appresso | nearby | |
| 285 | gravemente | seriously, critically, severely | |
| 286 | lungi | distant, far | |
| 287 | francamente | frankly | |
| 288 | dopodiché | after which, afterwards, thereafter, whereupon | |
| 289 | teoricamente | theoretically | |
| 290 | invero | really | Si guardò intorno […] come se l'anticristo dovesse apparire da un momento all'altro, e io invero mi attendevo di scorgerlo.He looked around as if the Antichrist would appear at any moment, and I really expected seeing it. |
| 291 | duramente | harshly, roughly, hard, severely | |
| 292 | laggiù | down there, down below | E volavo, volavo felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su / Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiùAnd I flew and flew / Happy, higher than the sun / And yet more up, / While the world / Slowly disappeared down below |
| 293 | puntualmente | punctually, on time | |
| 294 | anco | Alternative form of anche | |
| 295 | inutilmente | in vain, uselessly, unnecessarily, needlessly | |
| 296 | mediamente | on average, on the average | |
| 297 | intensamente | intensely | |
| 298 | sfortunatamente | unfortunately, unluckily | |
| 299 | idem | ditto, and so, likewise, also | |
| 300 | meramente | purely, merely | |
| 301 | minimamente | in the least, at all | |
| 302 | separatamente | separately | |
| 303 | fermamente | firmly | |
| 304 | palesemente | clearly, evidently, obviously, manifestly | |
| 305 | volontariamente | voluntarily | |
| 306 | incirca | about, approximately | |
| 307 | scientificamente | scientifically | |
| 308 | reciprocamente | mutually, reciprocally, each other, one another | |
| 309 | tantomeno | even less so | |
| 310 | casualmente | by chance, casually, accidentally, by the way | |
| 311 | contestualmente | contextually | |
| 312 | sopravvento | windward | |
| 313 | infinitamente | infinitely, endlessly | |
| 314 | oggettivamente | objectively, clearly | |
| 315 | fuor | Apocopic form of fuori | |
| 316 | tempestivamente | timely, forthwith | |
| 317 | annualmente | annually, yearly | |
| 318 | simultaneamente | simultaneously | |
| 319 | sensibilmente | sensibly | |
| 320 | materialmente | materially | |
| 321 | pian | Apocopic form of piano | |
| 322 | negativamente | negatively | |
| 323 | approssimativamente | approximately, roughly, odd | |
| 324 | vabbè | Alternative spelling of va beh | |
| 325 | geneticamente | genetically | |
| 326 | dopotutto | after all | |
| 327 | drasticamente | drastically | |
| 328 | conformemente | accordingly, pursuant to, in accordance with, in compliance with | |
| 329 | mentalmente | mentally | |
| 330 | comodamente | comfortably | |
| 331 | ragionevolmente | reasonably | |
| 332 | tendenzialmente | tendentially, basically | |
| 333 | volutamente | deliberately | |
| 334 | logicamente | logically | |
| 335 | prontamente | readily | |
| 336 | anti | Alternative form of ante | [...] né fe’ amor anti che gentil core ¶ né gentil core anti ch’amor, natura: [...][...] neither before the gentle heart was Love ¶ nor Love ere gentle heart by Nature made: [...] |
| 337 | significativamente | significantly | |
| 338 | vagamente | vaguely | |
| 339 | ciononostante | nevertheless, nonetheless, despite this, however | |
| 340 | drammaticamente | dramatically | |
| 341 | apposta | on purpose, intentionally | |
| 342 | moralmente | morally | |
| 343 | addietro | before | |
| 344 | intrinsecamente | intrinsically | |
| 345 | virtualmente | potentially | |
| 346 | coerentemente | coherently | |
| 347 | preferibilmente | preferably, mostly, rather, sooner, more willingly | |
| 348 | giornalmente | daily | |
| 349 | universalmente | universally | |
| 350 | scarsamente | poorly | |
| 351 | saldamente | strongly, firmly, fast | |
| 352 | implicitamente | implicitly | |
| 353 | lassù | up there | Volare, oh oh, e cantare, oh oh oh oh / Nel blu, dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassùTo fly ho ho / To sing ho ho hoho / In the blu, painted blue / Happy to stay up there |
| 354 | presumibilmente | presumably | |
| 355 | legittimamente | legitimately | |
| 356 | prettamente | truly, genuinely | |
| 357 | stabilmente | stably | |
| 358 | sennò | otherwise, or else | |
| 359 | dolcemente | sweetly | |
| 360 | parimenti | equally | |
| 361 | culturalmente | culturally | |
| 362 | egualmente | Alternative form of ugualmente | |
| 363 | agevolmente | easily | |
| 364 | anticipatamente | in advance, beforehand, early | |
| 365 | erroneamente | erroneously, mistakenly | |
| 366 | notoriamente | notoriously | |
| 367 | genericamente | generically | |
| 368 | vivamente | deeply, profoundly | |
| 369 | perennemente | perennially, always | |
| 370 | malapena | Only used in a malapena | |
| 371 | deliberatamente | deliberately | |
| 372 | mensilmente | monthly | |
| 373 | legalmente | legally, lawfully | |
| 374 | violentemente | violently | |
| 375 | disperatamente | desperately, hopelessly | |
| 376 | inesorabilmente | inexorably |