Adverbs

• Introduction
• Regular Adverbs
• Dropped E
• Irregular Adverbs
• Other Origins
• Place
• Time
• Placement

Dropping of the E

Originally the following adverbs were regular. Over the centuries, because the e did not affect the adverb's pronunciation, it was dropped from the spelling. This has occurred to most adverbs that are constructed from feminine adjectives that end in two vowels.  

Exception: gaiement  gaily

A few adverbs commemorate the dropped e with a circumflex over the final u.