Appendix B: Essential Adverbs to Get Your Message Across
The emphasized adverbs below may lend themselves to describing negative performance issues. Please review them whenever you have to address problematic performance in an appraisal.
A
Accurately
Actively
Adequately
Aggressively
Always
Appropriately
Assertively
Attentively
C
Carefully
Cautiously
Chiefly
Clearly
Cleverly
Closely
Collaboratively
Commonly
Completely
Comprehensively
Conscientiously
Consciously
Consecutively
Consistently
Constantly
Constructively
Continually
Continuously
Creatively
D
Deftly
Deliberately
Deservedly
Directly
Duly
E
Effectively
Efficiently
Enthusiastically
Evidently
Excessively
F
Faithfully
Frequently
Fully
G
Generally
H
Habitually
Haphazardly
I
Inadvertently
Inappropriately
Inconsistently
Infrequently
Instinctively
Intentionally
Intermittently
K
Keenly
Knowingly
L
Largely
Logically
M
Masterfully
Methodically
Mistakenly
Mostly
N
Negatively
Never
Normally
O
Objectively
Occasionally
Often
Openly
Overly
P
Partially
Patiently
Periodically
Positively
Predominantly
Proactively
Productively
Proficiently
Progressively
Promptly
Properly
Purposefully
Purposely
Q
Quickly
R
Rapidly
Rarely Reactively
Readily
Regularly
Reliably
Reluctantly
Repeatedly
Respectfully
Responsibly
Rigidly
Routinely
S
Safely
Satisfactorily
Seldom
Sequentially
Skillfully
Smoothly
Sometimes
Specifically
Speedy
Spontaneously
Sporadically
Steadfastly
Steadily
Strategically
Strictly
Strongly
Subjectively
Substantially
Successfully
Succinctly
Suddenly
Swiftly
Systematically
T
Tactfully
Tactically
Thoroughly
Timely
Totally
Truly
Typically
U
Unexpectedly
Uniformly
Unintentionally
Usually
V
Vigorously
Voluntarily
W
Willfully
Willingly
Wisely