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applied, as ဘယ်​လောက်​ကြီး​သ​နည်း, how large is (it)? သဉ်​က​လောက်, properly သဉ်​ခန့်​လောက်​ကြီး​သည်, (it) is so large. How? in what manner? and thus, in this manner, are also expressed, by combining pronominals, lightly accented, with နှယ်, manner, as ဘဲ့​နှယ်, how? သည့်​နှယ်, thus.

3. Adverbs formed from simple or compound verbs:—

(1) from simple verbs—-

—by prefixing အ, as အ​လွန်​ကြီး​သဉ်, to be very great, အ​လျှင်​သွား, go quick;

—by affixing စွာ, as ကောင်း​စွာ, well;

—by reduplication, as ကောင်း​ကောင်း, well;

—by reduplication, with or prefixed, as အ​ပြား​ပြား, variously, တ​လဲ​လဲ, by turns;

—by reduplication, with prefixed to each member, as အ​သီး​အ​သီး, separately;

(2) from compound verbs—

—by affixing စွာ, as ကောင်း​မြတ်​စွာ, excellently;

—by prefixing to each member, as အ​ကွပ်​အ​ညှပ်, penally, by way of punishment;

—by prefixing to the first member, and