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Degree adverbs
What are Degree Adverbs?
Adverbs which indicate the extent to which something is the case are degree adverbs. As a class they can modify every kind of sentence element: verbs, adjectives, nouns, prepositions and other adverbs. But individually some of them may be restricted to modifying particular categories of item (e.g. très can modify adjectives, prepositions and adverbs - très heureux 'very happy', très à la mode 'very fashionable', très bien 'very well' - but not verbs *Je fume très 'I smoke very'):
Examples
- Je fume modérément
I smoke moderately
- Tout est si clair maintenant
Everything is so clear
- Ce ne sera pas tout à fait la vérité
That won't be entirely the truth
- Je tends ma main jusqu'à presque toucher son visage
I stretch out my hand almost to touch his face
- Elle a dressé trop brusquement la tête
She lifted her head up too quickly
TABLE Typical degree adverbs
