An adjective is a word that says something about a noun

 

 a beautiful woman:  Woman =noun      beautiful = an adjective 

 a nice girl: girl = noun       nice = an adjective

 

An adverb is a word that does NOT refer to a noun

An adverb is the adjective with LY

 

 soft - softly

 nice nicely

 

so:

 

She called loudly. (Loudly doesn't refer to a noun)

They asked nicely. (Nicely doesn't refer to a noun)

She speaks English very well. (well doesn't refer to a noun)

He drives extremely fast. ( extremely refers to fast and that is not a noun) (fast doesn't refer to a noun so it is an adverb but it doesn't get ly)

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EXCEPTIONS

some adverbs do not get LY:

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      fast - fast

      hard - hard  (hardly means almost not)

      good - well

 

AFTER SENSES:

 

She always looks good.

This food really smells delicious.

This music sounds good.

The water feels cold.

That soup tastes wonderful.