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The 100 most common adverbs in Russian 🇷🇺
Russian adverbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.
| # | Russian | English | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | как | how | |
| 2 | так | like that, like this | |
| 3 | только | only, but | |
| 4 | когда | when | |
| 5 | еще | Alternative spelling of ещё | |
| 6 | уже | already, carries the sense of the perfect continuous tenses in English. | |
| 7 | очень | very, really, much, very much | |
| 8 | нет | not | |
| 9 | даже | even | |
| 10 | там | there | |
| 11 | много | much | |
| 12 | после | later, afterwards | |
| 13 | где | where | |
| 14 | просто | simply, plainly, just | |
| 15 | более | more | |
| 16 | здесь | here | |
| 17 | сейчас | now | |
| 18 | потом | afterwards, afterward, after that | |
| 19 | теперь | now, at present | |
| 20 | несколько | somewhat, slightly, rather, some | |
| 21 | потому | therefore, because of that, consequently | |
| 22 | тоже | also, too, as well, likewise | |
| 23 | тогда | then | |
| 24 | тут | here | |
| 25 | также | also, too, as well, likewise | |
| 26 | всегда | always | |
| 27 | конечно | of course, certainly | |
| 28 | пока | for the present, for the time being | |
| 29 | именно | Used to emphasise, clarify or confirm the meaning or identity of the following word or what comes later and sometimes can be rather difficult to translate into English. Often translated with a word order involving "it was that", " is what", " is the one that" etc., otherwise "exactly", "precisely", "just", "specifically", etc. or not translated. | |
| 30 | лишь | only, merely, just | |
| 31 | поэтому | therefore, that is why | |
| 32 | почему | why? | |
| 33 | однако | however, yet, still | |
| 34 | хорошо | well, right | |
| 35 | сегодня | today | |
| 36 | вообще | generally, in general, usually | |
| 37 | почти | almost, nearly | |
| 38 | например | for example, for instance, e.g. | |
| 39 | никогда | never, nevermore | |
| 40 | совсем | quite, entirely, totally | |
| 41 | далеко | far, far off, far away | |
| 42 | сразу | at once, simultaneously | |
| 43 | часто | frequently, often | |
| 44 | вместе | together, coupled with, along with | |
| 45 | мало | little, few | |
| 46 | скоро | soon | |
| 47 | снова | again, anew | |
| 48 | вдруг | suddenly, all of a sudden | |
| 49 | совершенно | perfectly | |
| 50 | назад | back, backward, backwards | |
| 51 | затем | then, thereupon, after that | |
| 52 | действительно | really, actually, truly, indeed | |
| 53 | опять | again | |
| 54 | куда | where? | |
| 55 | особенно | especially | |
| 56 | наконец | at last, finally | |
| 57 | точно | exactly, precisely, accurately | |
| 58 | иногда | sometimes, at times | |
| 59 | слишком | too , too much | |
| 60 | достаточно | enough, sufficiently | |
| 61 | быстро | fast, quickly, rapidly | |
| 62 | рядом | alongside, beside, side by side, nearby | |
| 63 | прежде | previously, before, formerly | |
| 64 | немного | a little, some | |
| 65 | вполне | quite, fully, entirely | |
| 66 | рано | early | |
| 67 | давно | long ago | |
| 68 | долго | a long time, for a long time | |
| 69 | менее | less | |
| 70 | легко | lightly | |
| 71 | прямо | straight | |
| 72 | возможно | perhaps, possibly, as ... as possible | |
| 73 | обычно | usually, habitually, customarily | |
| 74 | ещё | yet, more | |
| 75 | зачем | why? | |
| 76 | наверное | probably, most likely | |
| 77 | кстати | by the way | |
| 78 | далее | Alternative form of да́льше : farther, further, furthermore, then, next, afterwards | |
| 79 | чуть | a little, slightly | |
| 80 | довольно | enough, sufficient | |
| 81 | туда | there, that way, thither | |
| 82 | сначала | at first | |
| 83 | словно | as if, like | |
| 84 | необходимо | necessarily, obligatorily | |
| 85 | наиболее | the most, above all, most of all | |
| 86 | как-то | somehow, one way or another | |
| 87 | весьма | very, highly | |
| 88 | домой | home, homewards, to the house | |
| 89 | иначе | differently, in a different way, otherwise | |
| 90 | впрочем | however, nevertheless | |
| 91 | практически | practically, in a practical manner | |
| 92 | полностью | completely, entirely, utterly, fully | |
| 93 | сильно | strongly | |
| 94 | всего | in total | |
| 95 | постоянно | constantly, always | |
| 96 | разве | really | |
| 97 | сюда | here, hither | |
| 98 | столько | this much, this long | |
| 99 | трудно | with difficulty | |
| 100 | столь | so, such |