Top 3 adverbs where there isn't adj that exists. 1️⃣late lately late(adj & adv) Ex: She arrived late to the meeting and missed the introduction.(adv) lately(iIt has a very different meaning. It means "recently") Ex: What have you been up to lately? 2️⃣fair, fairly fair(adj, light in color; being just公正的; ) Ex: The judge made a fair decision.(quite) fairly(It has nothing to do with "justice", moderately, to reasonable extent) Ex: The exam was fairly easy. 3️⃣hard, hardly hard(difficult; solid ground) Ex: The ground was hard, so it took me forever to dig a hole to plant a flower. hardly(scarcely, almost not) Ex: I could hardly hear what he was saying over the noise.