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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 |
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Adjective | Feminine | English | Adverb | English |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gai | gaie | cheerful | gaiement | cheerfully |
Circumflex accent in the adverbial form[edit | edit source]
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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