按词汇意义，副词可以分为： 方式副词(Adverb of Manner)，如：angrily, happily, rudely, politely, quickly等。 程度副词(Adverb of Degree)，如：almost, greatly, nearly, completely等。 时间副词(Adverb of Time)，如：already, before, early, late, finally, now, recently, tomorrow, soon等。 频度副词(Adverb of Frequency)，如：always, constantly, frequently, hardly ever, never等。 地点副词(Adverb of Place)，如：above, below, up, down, here, there, anywhere, everywhere等。 连接副词(Conjunctive Adverb)，如：therefore, however, moreover, thus等。 解说副词(Explanatory Adverb)，如：as, namely等。
修饰限定词 某些程度副词可以作前置修饰语修饰限定词。 We walked about 5 miles. There were quite a lot of people at Louis’s party. Virtually (差不多) all the students participated in the discussion. They recovered roughly (大约) half their equipment. I didn’t have more than a dollar on me. 类似的用法还有：exactly the same, much the same等。 This machine is exactly the same in design as the other one. They did it in much the same way.
地点副词词组位于句尾的居多： The porter will take your luggage upstairs. The captain told the sailor to go below. I read to the bottom of the page and decide to stop there. I couldn’t find it though I’d looked everywhere. 作评注性状语： Frankly (坦白地说), I can do nothing about it. Briefly (简而言之), she didn’t want to speak to him. 作连接性状语： Do it now. Otherwise it will be too late. Tom hasn’t arrived yet. He may, however, come later.
b)修饰形容词 That was a very funny film. He had an unusually deep voice (深 沉有力的嗓音). Two men were in the street, one of whom seemed slightly familiar. I was that hungry I could have eaten a horse. I’m feeling kind of tired.
副词和副词词组
副词和形容词一样，也是在句中主要 作修饰成分，所不同的是，副词（词 组）可以修饰动词、形容词、副词和 介词等；副词词组主要在句中作状语 (Adverbial)，表示时间、地点、方式等 意义。 按词的构成，副词可以分为简单副词 （Simple Adverb)和派生副词 (Derivative Adverb)。绝大部分副词都 是派生副词，由形容词加后缀-ly构成， 如：careful/carefully, angry/angrily等。 当然也有少数副词由单词素构成，这 些副词与形容词同形，如：early, late, fast, hard等。
c)修饰副词 She’s a clever girl, and has learnt the new work very quickly. He drives extremely carefully. Do it right now. He spoke sort of proudly. 副词的上述用法都是前置修饰语，只 有enough例外，作后置修饰语： She cooks well enough. He didn’t run fast enough.
副词词组在句中作状语 作状语的副词在句中起三种作用：一是作修 饰性状语(Adjunct)；二是作评注性状语 (Disjunct)；三是连接性状语(Conjunct)。 副词作修饰性状语，表示动作、过程、状态 和存在的时间、地点、方式等。 时间副词词组的位置在句首、句中、句尾都 可以。 Recently they had an accident. They recently had an accident. They had an accident recently. 方式副词词组置于句尾的居多： They live frugally. He always drives carefully. We all listened patiently. (P. 274)
也有些副词，包括上述某些副词，能 作前置修饰语修饰名词： the downstairs part of the home a house with 3 upstairs rooms the above sentence the backstage noise his home journey an away match (在对方球场举行的比 赛) in after years (在后来的年月里) the then capital of the country
6）关于easy/easily easy只在某些固定搭配中作副词： Take it easy. (慢慢来，别急。) Go easy. (别急) Easy come, easy go. (来得容易花得快) Easier said than done. (说来容易做时难) Stand easy! (稍息！) 除此以外用easily。 I can easily finish it today. He is not easily (容易) satisfied. That may easily be the case. (情况很可能 就是那样) It is easily (无疑) the best hotel.
4）关于dead/deadly 副词dead作“突然地、完全地”解： She stopped dead. 在非正式语体中作“完全地、直接地”解： He was dead tired (极为疲倦). The wind was dead against us (正对着我们). deadly作“死一般地”或“非常”解，如：deadly pale (死人似的苍白), deadly serious (极端严重), deadly dull (极为枯燥)等。 5）关于direct/directly 副词direct作“直线地，不绕圈子地”解： The train goes there direct. (P. 277) 作“直接地”（即“间接地”的反义词）解时用 directly： He was looking at me directly. She answered me very directly and openly. directly也可作“立即”或“马上”解 (P. 277)
修饰介词和连词 少数几个副词(如well, right, just, soon 等)也可用于修饰介词： I can’t reach it; it’s well (远远地) over my head. There is the house, right in front of you. His parents are dead (完全地) against the trip. 也可修饰连词： Just when/ Soon after we left the house, it started to rain.
1. 副词和副词词组的主要用法 副词（词组）的主要句法功能是在词组中和 句中作修饰成分。 1）副词在词组中作修饰语 副词能在动词词组、形容词词组、副词词组、 介词词组等词组中修饰动词、形容词、副词、 介词、限定词，以及修饰整个名词词组。 a)修饰动词 They completely ignored my views. I entirely agree with her. I rather like him. They can hardly ignore our views. She kind of (有点) hoped to be invited. I sort of (有点) thought you might say that.
3）关于clear/clearly 副词clear作“完全地、径直地”解： You can see clear (一直望到) to the mountains today. The prisoner got clear away. (逃得无影无踪) clear还能作“隔开、不接触”解： Stand clear of the gates (离开门)! You should keep clear of the fellow (不要与那家伙 来往). 作其它解释时用clearly，不用clear。 Can you see clearly (清楚地) from here? He is clearly wrong (显然). 但下面结构中用clear和clearly都可以： The moon shone clear(ly). (明亮地) He spoke loud(ly) and clear(ly). (清晰地)