ADVERBS OF DEGREE

Adverbs of Degree tell us about the degree or extent of an action, quality or manner.

Los Adverbios de grado nos hablan sobre el grado o extensión de una acción, calidad o manera.

almost	casi
absolutely	absolutamente / completamente
awfully	terriblemente (informal)
badly	mal (informal)
barely	apenas
completely	completamente
decidedly	decididamente
deeply	profundamente
enough	bastante / suficiente
enormously	enormemente
entirely	totalmente / completamente
extremely	sumamente / immensamente
fairly	bastante / equitativamente / completamente / justamente
far	lejos / distante / lejano
fully	totalmente / plenamente / completamente
greatly	enormemente / mucho
hardly	apenas / dificilmente
highly	muy / muy poco probable / sumamente
how	cómo
hugely	tremendamente / enormemente
incredibly	increíblemente
indeed	efectivamente / en efecto / de hecho
intensely	intensamente
just	precisamente / simplemente / solamente
least	menos
less	menos
little	poco
lots	mucho
moderately	moderadamente
most	más
much	mucho
nearly	casi
partially	parcialmente
perfectly	perfectamente
positively	positivamente / absolutamente
practically	prácticamente
profoundly	profundamente
pretty	bastante
purely	simplemente / meramente / puramente
quite	absolutamente / completamente / bastante
rather	bastante / más bien
really	realmente / verdaderamente
scarcely	apenas / escasamente
simply	simplemente /sencillamente
so	tan /tanto
somewhat	algo / un tanto
strongly	fuertemente / firmamente / enérgicamente / totalmente
terribly	terriblemente
thoroughly	a fondo / realmente / perfectamente / rigorosamente meticulosamente / concienzudamente / minuciosamente
too	también / demasiado / además
totally	totalmente / completamente / absolutamente
tremendously	tremendamente / enormemente /
utterly	totalmente / completamente / absolutamente
very	muy
virtually	prácticamente / casi
well	bien

1) Adverbs of degree normally come in mid position with the verb. They are placed after the auxiliary verbs and before other verbs. If there are two auxiliary verbs, the adverb comes after the first.

He had hardly begun.	(subject + auxiliary verb + adverb + main verb)
My work is almost finished.	(subject + is/am/are/was/were + adverb + adjective)
I just asked.	(subject + adverb + main verb)
She hardly realized what she was doing.	(subject + adverb + main verb)
He is entirely right.	(subject + is/am/are/was/were + adverb + adverb)
She was rather busy.	(subject + is/am/are/was/were + adverb + adjective)

2) An adverb of degree qualifying or intensifying an adjective or another adverb normally goes before it.

She is an extremely nice person.

Those mangoes were very sweet.

I am reallysorry.

Sharon.