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It is none of these, it's an adverb. As adjectives, merryis positive, merrier is compoarative and merriest is superlative.Yes, but adverbs DO have degrees of comparison, therefore - "merrily" is positive.
"Merrily" is the positive degree of the adverb "merrily."Specifically, the degrees of an adverb range from the basic, positive degree to the second, comparative degree to the third, highest, superlative degree. So the comparative degree in this case is "more merrily." The superlative degree is "most merrily."
The adverb form is "easily" and the comparative is "more easily."
"Original" is an adjective, not an adverb. The comparative form is "more original". The adverb is "originally" and the comparative of that would be "more originally".
The positive degree is the base form of the adjective or adverb (not the comparative or the superlative).Example adjective:good = positive degreebetter = the comparativebest = the superlativeExample adverb:much = positive degreemore = the comparativemost = the superlative
The adjective stranger is the comparative form of the adjective strange. The adverb "more strangely" is the comparative form of the adverb, strangely.
The verb to compare has participle adjective forms comparing and compared, but they do not form widely-recognized adverbs. The derivative adjective comparative has the adverb form comparatively (used to mean relatively, in comparison).
Yes. It can be an adverb or an adjective. adverb: They could have done worse. (comparative of badly) adjective: Now they were in worse trouble. (comparative of bad)
harder, hardest
A comparative adverb indicates a greater degree of the verb or adjective that it modifies. Some examples of modifying "good" with a comparative adverb would be: really good, extremely good, very good.
The comparative form of the adverb soon is SOONER: She arrived SOONER than the other guests.
bad