Adverbs of manner

Most adverbs of manner are formed from adjectives by replacing the adjectival ending -ий / -ій with the adverbial ending -о (e.g. га́рний – га́рно) or, less frequently, -е (e.g. до́брий – до́бре). The adverbs on this page have been grouped according to their stress patterns, with the adjectives they are derived from given in brackets. Only the basic meanings of each adverb are provided, as they may have a range of meanings in different contexts.

The largest group of adverbs of this type retain the stem stress of the adjective from which they are formed e.g. ти́хо (ти́хий) - quietly.

Other adverbs like this:

*adjectives with alternative stress producing adverbs with stem stress.
**example of an adverb with alternative stress.

In a number of important adverbs the end stress of the adjective shifts to the stem when the adverb is formed,e.g. шви́дко (швидки́й) - quickly.

Other adverbs like this:

In yet another group the stem stress of the adjective shifts to a previous syllable when the adverb is formed,e.g. хо́лодно (холо́дний) - cold(ly), cool(ly).

Other adverbs like this:

There is also a small number of adverbs in which the stem stress of the adjective shifts to the ending when the adverb is formed e.g. давно́ (да́вній) - long ago, once.

Finally, there are a number of adverbs of manner which have been derived from other parts of speech and in a variety of ways, e.g.:

Most of these should be learned simply as unproductive lexical items, whose stress can be found in the dictionary.

More information on adverbs: Read Ukrainian! pages 9.7 and 19.6.

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