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{| class="wikitable"
|Adjective
|Feminine 
|English
|Adverb
|English
|-
|absolu
|absolue 
|absolute 
|absolument 
|absolutely
|-
|ambigu
|ambiguë 
|ambiguous 
|ambigument 
|ambiguously
|-
|aisé
|aisée 
|easy 
|aisément 
|easily
|-
|joli
|jolie 
|pretty
|joliment 
|prettily
|-
|vrai 
|vraie 
|true 
|vraiment 
|truly
|}


Exception:
== Exception: ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Adjective
|Feminine 
|English
|Adverb
|English
|-
|Gai
|gaie 
|cheerful
|gaiement 
|cheerfully
|}


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== Circumflex accent in the adverbial form ==


Seven adjectives which end in -u but add a circumflex accent in the adverbial form are:
Seven adjectives which end in -u but add a circumflex accent in the adverbial form are:
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{| class="wikitable"
Tab3
|Adjective
|Feminine 
|English
|Adverb
|English
|-
|assidu
|assidue
|assiduous
|assidûment
|assiduously
|-
|continu
|continue
|continuous
|continûment
|continuously
|-
|cru
|crue
|crude
|crûment
|crudely
|-
|dû
|due
|owed
|dûment
|duly
|-
|goulu
|goulue
|greedy
|goulûment
|greedily
|-
|incongru
|incongrue
|incongruous
|incongrûment
|incongruously
|-
|indu
|indue
|inappropriate
|indûment
|inappropriately
|}

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Adverbs ending in —ment derived from the masculine form of an adjective

Where an adjective ends in formed from the masculine -/' (not -oi), -é, or -u (not -eau or -ou), the adverb is form:


Adjective Feminine  English Adverb English
absolu absolue  absolute  absolument  absolutely
ambigu ambiguë  ambiguous  ambigument  ambiguously
aisé aisée  easy  aisément  easily
joli jolie  pretty joliment  prettily
vrai  vraie  true  vraiment  truly

Exception:

Adjective Feminine  English Adverb English
Gai gaie  cheerful gaiement  cheerfully

Circumflex accent in the adverbial form

Seven adjectives which end in -u but add a circumflex accent in the adverbial form are:


Adjective Feminine  English Adverb English
assidu assidue assiduous assidûment assiduously
continu continue continuous continûment continuously
cru crue crude crûment crudely
dû due owed dûment duly
goulu goulue greedy goulûment greedily
incongru incongrue incongruous incongrûment incongruously
indu indue inappropriate indûment inappropriately
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