| abed | (adverb) in bed | - |
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| aboard | (adverb) on first or second or third base | - |
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| (adverb) on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle | Synonyms: on board |
| (adverb) part of a group | - |
| (adverb) side by side | Synonyms: alongside |
| aborad | (adverb) away from the mouth or oral region | - |
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| aboveboard | (adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: honestly |
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| abroad | (adverb) to or in a foreign country | - |
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| (adverb) in a place across an ocean | Synonyms: overseas |
| (adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: afield |
| afield | (adverb) off the subject; beyond the point at issue | - |
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| (adverb) in or into a field (especially a field of battle) | - |
| (adverb) far away from home or one's usual surroundings | Synonyms: abroad |
| afterward | (adverb) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | Synonyms: after, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently |
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| aground | (adverb) with the bottom lodged on the ground | - |
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| ahead | (adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: before, in front |
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| (adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: beforehand, in advance |
| (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards |
| (adverb) leading or ahead in a competition | Synonyms: in the lead, out front |
| (adverb) to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future) | - |
| (adverb) to a more advanced or advantageous position | - |
| (adverb) toward the future; forward in time | Synonyms: forward |
| aloud | (adverb) using the voice; not silently | Synonyms: out loud |
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| (adverb) with relatively high volume | Synonyms: loud, loudly |
| around | (adverb) in circumference | - |
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| (adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: round |
| (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
| (adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) by a circular or circuitous route | - |
| (adverb) in a circle or circular motion | - |
| (adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: about |
| (adverb) to a particular destination either specified or understood | - |
| (adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: about |
| backward | (adverb) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | Synonyms: backwards |
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| (adverb) in or to or toward a past time | Synonyms: back |
| (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
| bad | (adverb) very much; strongly | Synonyms: badly |
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| (adverb) with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') | Synonyms: badly |
| barebacked | (adverb) without a saddle | Synonyms: bareback |
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| barefooted | (adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefoot |
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| beforehand | (adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: ahead, in advance |
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| behind | (adverb) in or to or toward the rear | - |
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| (adverb) remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from | - |
| (adverb) in debt | Synonyms: behindhand, in arrears |
| (adverb) in or into an inferior position | - |
| (adverb) showing a time that is earlier than the actual time | Synonyms: slow |
| behindhand | (adverb) in debt | Synonyms: behind, in arrears |
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| beyond | (adverb) over and above | - |
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| (adverb) farther along in space or time or degree | - |
| (adverb) on the farther side from the observer | - |
| coastward | (adverb) in the direction of the coast | - |
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| damned | (adverb) in a damnable manner | Synonyms: cursedly, damnably |
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| dead | (adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolutely, perfectly, utterly |
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| (adverb) quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation | Synonyms: abruptly, all of a sudden, of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, short, suddenly |
| downfield | (adverb) in the direction of the defending team's end of the playing field | - |
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| downward | (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | Synonyms: down, downwardly, downwards |
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| downwind | (adverb) with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing | - |
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| (adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: windward |
| eastward | (adverb) toward the east | Synonyms: eastwards |
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| firsthand | (adverb) from the original source; directly | Synonyms: at first hand |
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| forrad | (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards |
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| forrard | (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrad, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards |
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| forward | (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards |
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| (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards |
| (adverb) toward the future; forward in time | Synonyms: ahead |
| (adverb) forward in time or order or degree | Synonyms: forth, onward |
| (adverb) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane | Synonyms: fore |
| fourfold | (adverb) by a factor of four | Synonyms: four times |
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| frontward | (adverb) at or to or toward the front; forward | Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontwards |
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| goddamned | (adverb) expressing anger, despair, frustration, approval, or surprise | Synonyms: goddam, goddamn |
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| good | (adverb) (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well') | Synonyms: well |
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| (adverb) completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') | Synonyms: soundly, thoroughly |
| haphazard | (adverb) without care; in a slapdash manner | Synonyms: haphazardly |
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| hard | (adverb) with effort or force or vigor | - |
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| (adverb) to the full extent possible; all the way | - |
| (adverb) slowly and with difficulty | Synonyms: hardly |
| (adverb) causing great damage or hardship | Synonyms: severely |
| (adverb) with firmness | Synonyms: firmly |
| (adverb) indulging excessively | Synonyms: heavily, intemperately |
| (adverb) earnestly or intently | - |
| (adverb) with pain or distress or bitterness | - |
| (adverb) very near or close in space or time | - |
| (adverb) into a solid condition | - |
| heavenward | (adverb) toward heaven | Synonyms: heavenwardly, heavenwards |
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| henceforward | (adverb) from this time forth; from now on | Synonyms: henceforth |
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| homeward | (adverb) toward home | Synonyms: homewards |
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| hundredfold | (adverb) by a factor of one hundred | Synonyms: a hundred times |
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| indeed | (adverb) (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc. | - |
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| (adverb) in truth (often tends to intensify) | Synonyms: so |
| inland | (adverb) towards or into the interior of a region | - |
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| instead | (adverb) in place of, or as an alternative to | Synonyms: alternatively, or else |
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| (adverb) on the contrary | Synonyms: rather |
| inward | (adverb) toward the center or interior | Synonyms: inwards |
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| (adverb) to or toward the inside of | Synonyms: in, inwards |
| landward | (adverb) toward land | Synonyms: landwards |
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| leeward | (adverb) away from the wind | Synonyms: upwind |
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| loud | (adverb) with relatively high volume | Synonyms: aloud, loudly |
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| millionfold | (adverb) by a factor of a million | Synonyms: a million times |
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| ninefold | (adverb) by a factor of nine | Synonyms: nine times |
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| northeastward | (adverb) in a northeastward direction | Synonyms: northeastwardly |
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| northward | (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northerly, northwards |
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| northwestward | (adverb) in a northwestward direction | Synonyms: northwestwardly |
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| offhand | (adverb) in a casually inconsiderate manner | Synonyms: offhanded, offhandedly |
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| (adverb) without previous thought or preparation | Synonyms: offhanded, offhandedly |
| offhanded | (adverb) in a casually inconsiderate manner | Synonyms: offhand, offhandedly |
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| (adverb) without previous thought or preparation | Synonyms: offhand, offhandedly |
| onward | (adverb) forward in time or order or degree | Synonyms: forth, forward |
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| (adverb) in a forward direction | Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forward, forwards, onwards |
| orad | (adverb) toward the mouth or oral region | - |
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| outward | (adverb) toward the outside | Synonyms: outwards |
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| overboard | (adverb) from on board a vessel into the water | - |
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| (adverb) to extremes | - |
| overhead | (adverb) above the head; over the head | - |
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| (adverb) above your head; in the sky | - |
| rearward | (adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: back, backward, backwards, rearwards |
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| round | (adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: around |
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| seaward | (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seawards |
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| second | (adverb) in the second place | Synonyms: secondly |
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| secondhand | (adverb) by indirect means | - |
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| sevenfold | (adverb) seven times | - |
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| sideward | (adverb) toward one side | Synonyms: sidewards |
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| sixfold | (adverb) by a factor of six | Synonyms: six times |
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| skyward | (adverb) toward the sky | Synonyms: skywards |
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| southeastward | (adverb) in a southeastward direction | Synonyms: southeastwardly |
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| southward | (adverb) toward the south | Synonyms: southerly, southwards |
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| southwestward | (adverb) in a southwestward direction | Synonyms: southwestwardly |
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| spaceward | (adverb) towards outer space | Synonyms: spacewards |
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| tenfold | (adverb) by ten times as much | - |
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| third | (adverb) in the third place | Synonyms: thirdly |
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| thirdhand | (adverb) by doubly indirect means | - |
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| threefold | (adverb) by a factor of three | Synonyms: three times |
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| twofold | (adverb) by a factor of two | Synonyms: two times |
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| unaccompanied | (adverb) without anybody else or anything else | Synonyms: alone, solo |
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| underground | (adverb) beneath the surface of the earth | - |
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| (adverb) in or into hiding or secret operation | - |
| underhand | (adverb) with the hand swung below shoulder level | Synonyms: underarm |
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| (adverb) slyly and secretly | Synonyms: underhandedly |
| upward | (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: up, upwardly, upwards |
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| (adverb) to a later time | Synonyms: up, upwards |
| upwind | (adverb) in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing | Synonyms: against the wind, into the wind |
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| (adverb) away from the wind | Synonyms: leeward |
| westward | (adverb) toward the west | Synonyms: westwards |
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| wild | (adverb) in a wild or undomesticated manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an uncontrolled and rampant manner | Synonyms: rampantly |
| windward | (adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: downwind |
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