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Comment adverbs and adverbials: 1 awesome list of adverbials

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What are comment adverbs?

Comment adverbs are connecting words that give information about the speaker’s view about things, people, or events. Adverbs of comment are also called viewpoint adverbs and commenting adverbs.

In this post, you’ll get to know some comment adverbs, how they are used, and some comment adverbs examples.

Commenting adverbs and adverbials

Here is a comment adverbs list:

According to
In fact
Obviously
Carelessly
Luckily
Unluckily
Fortunately
Unfortunately
Disappointingly
Wisely
Surely
Clearly
Apparently
Amazingly
Simply
Personally
Technically
Theoretically
Certainly
Naturally
Theoretically
Unbelievably
Thoughtfully
Wrongly
To be honest
Honestly
Quite honestly
Frankly
Astonishingly
Generally
Interestingly
Sadly
Seriously
Luckily
Naturally
Unbelievably
Sadly
Surprisingly
Foolishly
Confidentially
Presumably
Stupidly
Technically

Comment adverbs are usually used to start a sentence or clause. Also, they can be put at the end of a sentence or clause. At the beginning and end of sentences, we usually separate the adverbs from the rest of the sentence by a comma in writing or by intonation in speech.

Here are some comment adverbs examples:

Clearly, they did not understand what I said.
They did not understand what I said, clearly.

Comment adverbs can also be used after the subject.

They clearly did not understand what I said.
He certainly does not know about the event.

Some comment adverbs (comment adverbials) indicate our attitude to or opinion of what is said:

Comment Adverbs

To be honest
Honestly
Quite honestly
Frankly
Astonishingly
Generally
Interestingly
Sadly
Seriously
Luckily
Naturally
Unbelievably
Sadly
Surprisingly

If the adverb applies to only part of the sentence, it can be used in different positions.

Astonishingly, they did well in the last exam. (= I was surprised that they did well)
They did astonishingly well in the last exam. (= They did extremely well)

Some adverbs of comment are used to identify what features of something are being talked about:

Physically
Financially
Environmentally
Biologically
Morally
Logically
Industrially
Medically
Technically
Visually
Politically
Ideologically
Outwardly

They are alike physically, but they have different personalities.
Financially, our company is making progress.

These phrases can be used in a similar way:

Politically
In political terms
Politically speaking
In terms of politics
From a political point of view
As far as politics is concerned

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February 14, 2023

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