Adverbs also resemble adjectives because their forms can show different degrees of comparison.

You form the comparative degree of an adverb, similar to the degrees of adjectives, by adding er, or by prefixing more or less to the positive form. You form the superlative degree by adding est to the positive form.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
fast	faster	fastest
long	longer	longest
far	farther	farthest
hard	harder	hardest
short	shorter	shortest

NOTE— Adverbs in -ly do not add the endings -er and -est, as do the corresponding adjectives. The adverb uses more and most instead.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
swiftly	more swiftly	most swiftly
sweetly	more sweetly	most sweetly
warmly	more warmly	most warmly
strangely	more strangely	most strangely
willingly	more willingly	most willingly

NOTE— Some adverbs have irregular forms of comparison:

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
ill	worse	worst
well	better	best
much	more	most
little	less	least

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