The comparison of adverbs in English

There are three forms:

- positive
- comparative
- superlative

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A - Comparison with -er/-est

hard - harder - (the) hardest

We use -er/-est with the following adverbs:

1) all adverbs with one syllable

positive	comperative	superlative
fast	faster	fastest
high	higher	highest

1) the adverb early

positive	comperative	superlative
early	earlier	earliest

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B - Comparison with more - most

adverbs ending on -ly
(except: early)

positive	comperative	superlative
carefully	more carefully	(the) most carefully

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C - Irregular adverbs

positive	comperative	superlative
well	better	best
badly	worse	worst
much	more	most
little	less	least
late	later	last
far	farther further	farthest furthest

ATTENTION!
In informal English some adverbs are used without -ly (e.g. cheap, loud, quick).
There are two forms of comparison possible, depending on the form of the adverb:
cheaply - more cheaply - most cheaply
cheap - cheaper - cheapest

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