Irregular Adverbs
POSITIVE DEGREE
COMPARATIVE
DEGREE
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
bonus,-a,-um
bene
melior,melius
melius
optimus,-a,um
optime
malus
male
peior, peius
peius
pessimus
pessime
magnus
magnopere maior, maius
magis
maximus
maxime
multus
multum
—, plus
plus
plurimus
plurimum
parvus
parum
minor, minus
minus
minimus
minime
(prae / pro)
—
prior, prius
prius
primus
primo
(time)
primum
(logic)
(prope)
prope
propior,
propius
propius
proximus
proxime
diu
diutius
diutissime
saepe
saepius
saepissime
nuper
—
nuperrime
—
potius
potissime
Note 1: In the comparative degree, the adverb is the neuter accusative singular of the
adjective.
Note 2: In the positive degree, the adverb is occasionally the neuter accusative
singular of the adjective: multum, paulum, facile
Note 3: Other adverbial suffixes also can occur, the most important of which is -TIM
(the distributive suffix): singulatim (one by one, singly), paulatim (bit by bit,
gradually), carptim (piece by piece, separately, at different points, at different times,
now and then).