We can use superlative adverbs to make comparisons. Adverbs, like adjectives, can have superlative forms to show extreme difference in the way things happen.
Superlative adverbs come after the verb they modify in a sentence, and they are almost always preceded by the word ‘the’.
To make superlative forms of most adverbs, use:
[the most or least + adverb]
Some short adverbs, like ‘early’, ‘fast’, ‘slow’, ‘hard’, ‘high’, ‘long’, have superlative forms of adjectives with ‘-est’ at the end:
Some common adverbs have irregular comparatives that we just have to learn:
When we use superlatives, it is very common to omit the group that something or someone is being compared to because that group is implied by a previous sentence.
A superlative attribute of an action can be compared to itself in other contexts or points in time. In this case, we do not have another group, and we generally do not use the word ‘the’.
Watch this video from Daniel Byrnes about comparative and superlative degrees of adverbs:
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