Adverbs with two forms and differences in meaning | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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I'm sorry if I was a bit short/shortly with you on the phone this morning.

short

I haven't been feeling so well late/lately.

lately

Some of his facts are questionable, others are completely wrong/wrongly.

wrong

The instructions are printed so small I can hard/hardly read them.

hardly

The police evacuated the village short/shortly before the explosion.

shortly

I'm deeply/deep grateful to you.

deeply

I guess that things are pretty/prettily hard for you now.

pretty

The programme started late/lately

late

For our country to remain competitive, we need a _______ -skilled, _______ -educated workforce.

highly

We talked late/lately into the night.

late

I hate being the last/lastly one to arrive at a meeting.

last

Is there a direct/directly train to Edinburgh?

direct

Open wide/widely," said the dentist.

wide

I feel absolutely sure/surely (that) you've made the right decision.

sure

a highly/high paid job

highly

Excuse me a moment, I'll be with you short/shortly.

shortly

Information on the subject is easy/easily obtainable on the internet.

easily

The parcel was wrong/wrongly addressed.

wrongly

The water's not deep/deeply here - look, I can touch the bottom.

deep

Please feel free/freely to interrupt me if you don't understand anything.

free

She is very easy/easily to talk to.

easy

Let me answer that question direct/directly.

directly

I hard/hardly watch any television, apart from news and current affairs.

hardly

It’s time for bed. It’s near/nearly 10 o’clock.

nearly

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