| Adverbs |
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Several very common adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms.
Their derivatives, if any, may help you to memorize them.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | Derivatives |
| bene well | melius better | optimê best | benefit, ameliorate, optimist |
| male badly | peius worse | pessimê worst | malefactor, pessimist |
| paulum a little, not very | minus less | minimê least, not at all | minus, minimal |
| magnopere greatly | magis more (of a quality) | maximê most, very much | magnify, maximum |
| multum much | plus more (of a quantity) | maximê most | multitude, plus, maximum |
| [none] | prius earlier, before | primum for the first time primô first, at first |
prior, prime |
Like their related adjectives, some adverbs are only slightly irregular:
their superlative forms end in illimê or errimê instead of issimê.
| facile easily | facilius more easily | facillimê most easily | facilitate |
| liberê freely | liberius more freely | liberrimê most freely | liberty |
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