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{| class="wikitable"
|Adjective 
|English
|Adverb
|English
|-
|énorme
|enormous
|énormément
|enormously
|-
|immense
|immense
|immensément
|immensely
|-
|intense
|intense
|intensément
|intensely
|-
|uniforme
|uniform
|uniformément
|uniformly
|-
|commode
|useful
|commodément 
|usefully
|}


==Exceptions==
==Exceptions==


{| class="wikitable"
|Adjective 
|English
|Adverb
|English
|-
|probable
|probable
|probablement
|probably
|-
|véritable
|real
|véritablement
|really
|}




==Feminine forms==
==Feminine forms==
{| class="wikitable"
|Adjective
|Feminine
|English
|Adverb
|English
|-
|commun
|commune
|common
|communément
|commonly
|-
|confus
|confuse
|embarrassed
|confusément
|embarrassedly
|-
|importun
|importune
|disagreeable
|importunément
|disagreeably
|-
|obscur
|obscure
|obscure
|obscurément
|obscurely
|-
|opportun
|opportune
|appropriate
|opportunément
|appropriately
|-
|profond
|profonde
|deep
|profondément
|deeply
|-
|profus
|profuse
|profuse
|profusément
|profusely (literary)
|}

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Adverbs ending in —ément derived from adjectives ending in —e

A small number of adverbs ending in -ément have been created from adjectives ending in -e: some always end in -e, others are the feminine form of adjectives:

Adjectives which always end in –e

Adjective  English Adverb English
énorme enormous énormément enormously
immense immense immensément immensely
intense intense intensément intensely
uniforme uniform uniformément uniformly
commode useful commodément  usefully

Exceptions

Adjective  English Adverb English
probable probable probablement probably
véritable real véritablement really


Feminine forms

Adjective Feminine English Adverb English
commun commune common communément commonly
confus confuse embarrassed confusément embarrassedly
importun importune disagreeable importunément disagreeably
obscur obscure obscure obscurément obscurely
opportun opportune appropriate opportunément appropriately
profond profonde deep profondément deeply
profus profuse profuse profusément profusely (literary)
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