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 * ''Is ist þiža brœuðro sīnaro sa hǭðist.'' ‘He is the tallest of his brothers.’ (Literally: “He is of-the brothers of-himself the tallest.”)
-====Irregular and Suppletive Forms====
+===Adverbialization===
+Historically, adverbs are formed from adjectives in a variety of ways. The most common, however, is to add the suffix ‑sua (often reduced to ‑so, especially in speech) after the stem vowel.
+* '''''mikils''''' ‘big’ → '''''mikilasua''''' ‘largely’
+* '''''synikus''''' ‘honest’ → '''''synikusua''''' ‘honestly’
+* '''''mǣst''''' ‘most’ → '''''mǣstasua''''' ‘mostly’
+===Irregular and Suppletive Forms===
 There are a number of irregular and suppletive forms of adjectives.
-* '''''gōþs''''' ‘good’ → '''''batums''''' ‘better’ → '''''batist''''' ‘best’
+{| class="wikitable"
-* '''''uvils''''' ‘bad’ → '''''vresums''''' ‘worse’ → '''''vresist''''' ‘worst’
+! Positive
-* '''''fǭs''''' ‘little, few’ → '''''mitnums''''' ‘less, fewer’ → '''''mitnist'''''~'''''faugist''''' ‘least, fewest’
+! Comparative
-* '''''filus''''' ‘much, many’ → '''''mǣžums''''' ‘more’ → '''''mǣst''''' ‘most’
+! Superlative
+! Adverbial
+|-
+| '''''gōþs''''' ‘good’
+| '''''batums''''' ‘better’
+| '''''batist''''' ‘best’
+| '''''wǣla''''' ‘well’
+|-
+| '''''uvils''''' ‘bad’
+| '''''vresums''''' ‘worse’
+| '''''vresist''''' ‘worst’
+| '''''uvilasua''''' ‘badly’
+|-
+| '''''fǭs''''' ‘little, few’
+| '''''mitnums''''' ‘less, fewer’
+| '''''mitnist'''''~'''''faugist''''' ‘least, fewest’
+| —
+|-
+| '''''filus''''' ‘much, many’
+| '''''mǣžums''''' ‘more’
+| '''''mǣst''''' ‘most’
+| '''''mǣstasua''''' ‘mostly’
+|}
 ==Vocabulary==
 '''[[:Category: Valthungian words|Valthungian Words on Contionary]]'''