Irregular Adverbs
When an adverb is constructed from an adjective ending in ant or ent,
the final nt of the masculine adjective is replaced with not just ment
but mment.
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| Feminine Adjective |
Adverb |
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| abondant |
abondamment |
abundantly |
| brilliant |
brillamment |
brilliantly |
| constant |
constamment |
constantly |
| courant |
couramment |
fluently |
| décent |
décemment |
decently |
| évident |
évidemment |
evidently |
| fréquent |
fréquemment |
frequently |
| patient |
patiemment |
patiently |
| prudent |
prudemment |
wisely |
Exceptions:
| present |
presentement |
presently |
| véhément |
véhémentement |
vehemently |
| lent |
lentement |
slowly |
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The final e of these adjectives is converted to é in forming
these adverbs.
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| Feminine Adjective |
Adverb |
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| aveugle |
aveuglément |
blindly |
| commune |
communément |
commonly |
| énorme |
énormément |
enormously |
| opportune |
opportunément |
opportunely |
| precise |
precisément |
precisely |
| profonde |
profondément |
profoundly |
| uniforme |
uniformément |
uniformly |
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The following two are irregular. Briévement takes
its spelling from brief - an archaic version of brève.
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| Feminine Adjective |
Adverb |
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| brève |
briévement |
briefly |
| gentille |
gentiment |
nicely |
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