Adverbs of Time

Adverbs of Time List

List of common single-word time adverbs

points of time (definite):

• now
• then
• today
• tomorrow
• tonight
• yesterday

frequency (definite):

• annually
• daily
• fortnightly
• hourly
• monthly
• nightly
• quarterly
• weekly
• yearly

The word "bimonthly" is ambiguous and best avoided. Bimonthly can mean "twice a month" or "every two months". The same is true of "biyearly"/"biannually".

frequency (indefinite):

• always
• constantly
• ever
• frequently
• generally
• infrequently
• never
• normally
• occasionally
• often
• rarely
• regularly
• seldom
• sometimes
• regularly
• usually

relationships in time (indefinite):

• already
• before
• early
• earlier
• eventually
• finally
• first
• formerly
• just
• last
• late
• later
• lately
• next
• previously
• recently
• since
• soon
• still
• yet