10 ADVERBS TO LEVEL UP YOUR ENGLISH! C1 and C2 Vocabulary

In this video, you will learn 10 advanced and proficiency level adverbs (C1/C2 level) which will take your English to another level and improve your spoken and written English.
Having a good command of C1 advanced vocabulary and C2 proficiency vocabulary will not only help you in the Cambridge English exams but also improve your general English speaking level.
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[@CheeryCatify]

I may be wrong, but the word 'surprisingly' is written incorrectly in the video...

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Oops! Of course, you're right. It was a typo 🤦‍♂️ Thanks for pointing it out!

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[@Lady_of_Shalott]

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[@bigcross7]

1. Undoubtedly 2. astonishingly 3. awfully (emphasis) 4. reluctantly 5. blissfully 6. utterly 7. unabashedly 8. deceptively 9. fondly 10. willfully

[@wokekevin2938]

1.undoubtedly---Vehemently, 2. astonishingly--Surprisingly 3 awfully--disgustingly 4 reluctantly-- grudgingly 5 blissfully--gracefully 6.utterly- Absolutely 7 unabashedly--- candidly 8deceitfully - subtly 9 fondly - jokingly 10. Willfully - intentionally

[@rosalindamattera2753]

Blissfully unaware was my favorite. It’s very beautiful I’ll use it.

[@michaeltirentive4718]

5:00 That slip of the tounge about February 2022 and "we didn't know that the world was going to change" though You predicted the future

[@soniamayrink3295]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you. I appreciate it 🙂

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you for your comment 🙂

[@saeid9800]

Thank you for this great video. I have three suggestions for your future videos: 1. 20 advanced structures for IELTS essays 2. 20 advanced collocations for IELTS essays 3. 20 advanced phrases for IELTS essays

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Wow... thank you for those lovely words, Milana!

[@user-se4lv6mf3p]

All of the words you introduced in the video are practical and useful. This video utterly helps me improve my English, thank you!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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Undoubtedly

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you, Gregorio. I appreciate it

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks for your comment. I'm really glad my videos have helped you... good luck with the exam!

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How did your exam go?

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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@user-oy4ts5wy3z]

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[@jrsl1365]

I BLISSFULLY watched this video and I UTTERLY enjoyed it because it was AWFULLY good. 😎

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👏🏻

[@jrsl1365]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thanks

[@marumakarchuk]

Thank you so much, I love your channel. I am taking the cae in 3 months and I am bursting with pressure. The worst part for me is the writing, I take too long and I'm not coherent enough. I need to pass the exam bc it is too expensive to not to. Your videos really help me so I'm very grateful for that :))

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! I'm glad my videos help you 🙂

[@kouroshmoshtagh983]

Hi Ben, Could you make a video on Ergative verbs?

[@nosycat9793]

Thank you 😊

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 😊

[@vitalliystardust69]

YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I LIKE THE WAY YOU TEACH ENGLISH. I THINK YOU ARE THE BEST 👌 TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD. THANK SO MUCH FOR YOUR BEING WITH US!!!.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks 🙂

[@acharjyapriyanka2080]

Undoubtedly Astonishingly Awfully Reluctantly Blissfully unaware Utterly Unabashedly Deceptively Fondly Willfully ❤ Thank you

[@rozaroz5259]

awfully happy my cookies have come across your channel! great content so well delivered. cheers!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you 🙂

[@modicum9934]

American speaker here. The word "utterly" in itself doesn't have a UK English bent but the positive sense you used it in does.

[@marcomadru8343]

Blissfully... great adverb, but looking for more examples leads me to think about the delicious noun "bliss" in examples/collocations like "marital bliss", "he is in a state of bliss", "what bliss to take these shoes off!", "ignorance is bliss", "they live in domestic bliss" or just "bliss" in a religious meaning.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes! It's a great word 🙂

[@siemiontek]

Thank you so much Ben. I took the FCE today and your videos helped me not to stress before the exam.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's great... well done! Let me know the results when you get them!

[@siemiontek]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. I passed with an A! 184/190

[@siemiontek]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thanks again Ben!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Excellent! Congratulations!! Your hard work paid off 🕺

[@paulmv1255]

Nice teaching style

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks 🙂

[@pawlay9400]

Thank you

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@olisristeski]

Your method of teaching is undoubtedly outstanding. I have met many unabashedly vicious comments. His speech was deceptively uncorrected. His achievements in the science were astonishingly huge. His approach is awfully bad for the community. His performance was blissfully mesmerising. I am reluctantly avoid to commute by public transport.

[@olisristeski]

I forgot the last one, last but not least. I fondly remember my childhood when we were playing many games outside with my peers.

[@Salah-qk4mi]

Thanks a lot, Ben. One question : awfully, utterly and absolutely are synonyms? Pleaseeeeee thanks

[@Naylonfuturama]

Thank u veeryyy much 😌

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome!

[@kemoni221]

Banoffee pie was mentioned in this year's unobligatory Polish state english examination

[@andrewsunderlandbeauclair]

Thank you! I will be taking my CPE exam on Saturday. Hopefully, I'll pass.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Good luck!

[@andrewsunderlandbeauclair]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. I have just received my results, I am now a C2 graduate. Thank you very much for your videos. They were paramount to my success. A big hug from Italy.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's great! Congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@miguelangelrodriguez9578]

I was really surprise cause of I knew most of the Adverbs here so it makes me feel really felicitous beacuse it means my level is High , So it buoys me up with hope .

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍

[@miguelangelrodriguez9578]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. i never expected you'd send me a reply , and pardonne-moi for My orthographic Mistakes -Ashamed-

[@TheLizardskin]

Hello Teacher, perhaps you are unaware of what these free lessons of you do for us foreign students, pr how it works. Well, I can only tell how it goes for me, and that's like if you give us all the ingredients - eggs, flour, butter, etc..., and we have just to stir it up, put in the oven and bake a good and delicious cake. I'm personally struggling here to include in my speaking and writing all of these vocabulary you have taught us on several other videos. However, I'm sure that if I manage well to do the hard job, the results will come up and I will overcome the B2 plateau. That's how you have helped me, so, thank you for the excellent job.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I really appreciate it and I love your cake analogy! 👏

[@Ru-ge2lf]

Undoubtedly, astonishingly, awfully, reluctantly, blissfully, utterly, unabashedly, deceptively, fondly, willfully.

[@dinukakumara1048]

Taliking about 'Reluctantly' , does that mean that we don't like to agree , but we have to , due to some facts that change your mind or without any supports to the opponent's idea?

[@jcr1138]

Astonishingly, you went to the future, to 2022, to the beginning of the pandemic! The film "The hangover" is unabashedly hilarious.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Nice examples!

[@_romasya_240]

5:00 . You are correct, the world has changed at 24th of the February 2022... Greetings from Ukraine.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😔🇺🇦

[@mousazaremoghadam2935]

Thanks please put the pdf link of lessons

[@frfancha]

Strange as the video on the adjectives seems quite advanced to me (1 on 2 was new) and this one seems "basic" (except unabashedly). Is it me? Or could it be that adverbs are "easier" to learn than adjective?

[@petrap.7256]

Hi, Ben! I'm still a little confused about the word "deceptively". I would have thought "deceptively difficult" means "it seems to be difficult but in fact, it's easy".

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It can have both meanings depending on the context

[@petrap.7256]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. 😩I see. Thanks for the explanation! Your lessons rock

[@Anna-mc3ll]

Is it possible to say someone is “awfully bad at doing something” in order to emphasise that he or she is really bad at performing a certain task? Thank you for this video!

[@saharsayed4671]

Many thanks for you. I have a suggestion if you please. Why don't you evolve an exercise after each video? It would be interesting and we can have more benefits.

[@lourdsenoch5231]

Pls add a summary at the end of the video would be great

[@rozandreca7589]

This lesson is deceptively simple(actually difficult). In your example ' the exam was deceptively difficult'(it implies it was simple).I got it like this🧐

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It has both meanings

[@tehyonglip9203]

Another common adverb that English learners should use more: arguably. Reading is arguably the best way to learn English.

[@thiagodetullio9007]

Who else is actually seeing this video in february 2022 so now Ben is right about the world about to change?????

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jesussanchezherrero5659]

Could we have timestamps of the words here too? I do not want to shirk the responsibility of going through the entire video, which I will undoubtedly do, but rather to make it easier to revisit. Thank you.

[@barbazan1431]

It is my understanding that Utterly is more accurate when the sentence has a negative connotation. For example, you can say: The building was utterly destroyed. But not: The building was utterly constructed. However, it looks like Grammarly doesn't pop out whenever I type it.😅

[@dilpreetsingh7403]

English language plays a part and parcel role in our life because it has a lot of benefits....is it right sir ?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

The English language is part and parcel of out life...

[@tham9863]

Here I am, preparing for a C1 advanced test w only a month to go ¬¬

[@user-id5xu8kp4g]

am I wrong or should we not use an 'a' before time in the 'fondly' example?

[@rosalindamattera2753]

I was wondering if there is a website where we can find the most common collocations of adjectives and adverbs without reading tons and tons of books. Does anyone know?

[@victorarmasgonzalez5205]

Hi Ben. According to wordreference, "unabashedly" does not appear. However, what does is "unashamedly". Would you clarify that for me please, thank you

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

No idea. You'd have to ask WordReference 🙂 It appears in other dictionaries

[@antocheiuliateodora6216]

The plan seemed deceptively simple (= it seemed simple but was not). so when you said that "the speaking part of the exam is deceptively difficult" is actually easy, no?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Actually, a curiosity of this adverb is that it can have both meanings. "Deceptively difficult" can mean both easier than expected and more difficult than expected. Context is everything! 🙂

[@Ice.muffin]

Officially and positively mind-fucked 👀.

[@ablessing891]

Thanks an awful lot!

[@Anna-mc3ll]

Thank you for this lesson! This time, I decided to share my own examples: Laura’s husband was awfully sorry for having forgotten about her birthday. Astonishingly, many world leaders still seem to be blissfully unaware of the serious long term consequences of global warming. Being constantly exposed to noise can be utterly exhausting and undoubtedly affects our health as well as psychological well-being. Much to her embarrassment, Julia’s secret lover unabashedly declared in front of her friends how fondly he loved her. At first glance, the new method seemed deceptively easy to learn. Last night, a group of hooligans wilfully destroyed furniture and other items in the exclusive hotel located in the heart of the popular resort. Please do let me know if there are any mistakes in these sample sentences. I would honestly appreciate it! Kind regards, Anna

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Excellent!

[@Anna-mc3ll]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you for checking my “homework”! Kind regards, Anna

[@lucajaywalker2137]

Undoubtedly = without a doubt = you undoubtedly did it! You're accused of committing this crime. Astonishingly = your show was astonishingly fantastic! Awfully= this cake is awfully being made Awfully good = extremely good Reluctantly = unwillingly = Luca reluctantly gave her the money Unwittingly = unconsciously / inadvertently Blissfully = happily = Marco is blissfully unaware of what happened Utterly=completely=this guy's utterly jacked Unabashedly = without embarrassment= he swore at his teacher unabashedly Deceptively = with a deceive = that was deceptively difficult Fondly=fond of= we fondly remember what you did Wilfully = used negatively =intentionally = he wilfully punched the guy although knowing it was wrong doing so

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Good work, Luca 👏 (But, "This cake is being made awfully" is better)

[@mariamavaquinhas]

In this video, we have learned at the 5:00 that Ben is a time traveler

[@sechokim3467]

It's already March

[@lrsvolk]

Oh, god! Such a coincidence about Feb, 2022 :(

[@AndrewAndZz]

You misspoke about the February 2022, but apparently you were looking into the future...

[@efiar2044]

1. Undoubtedly (Certainly, without a doubt). The number of copied infections in Europe is undoubtedly decreasing 2. Astonishingly (very surprisingly). Astonishingly some people don't like studying English 3. Awfully (very badly and very good excellent, to add emphasis). It is an oxymoron. He plays the guitar awfully / He is awfully good at playing the guitar. 4. Reluctantly. (Unwillingly. you do it even though you don't really want to do it) I reluctantly agree with you that Real Madrid is better than West Ham. 5. Blissfully (happily or peacefully) - Blissfully unaware (you have no idea that something has happened or it is going to happen). In February last year, we were blissfully unaware that the world was about to change 6. Utterly (totally or completely it's really to add emphasis to something it could be positive or negative, t's utterly ridiculous or utterly disgraceful it's just ready to add emphasis more than anything). the banoffee pie we had for dessert was utterly delicious 7. Unabashedly (without embarrassment when you do something, without embarrassment) The film was unabashedly silly but it was great fun 8. Deceptively (misleadingly. it refers to something that makes you believe something that is not quite true) The speaking part of the exam is deceptively difficult. 9. Fondly (to be fond of something, to like something and fondly, it's similar to have affection for something and we often use it with remember). I fondly remember a time before smartphones. 10. Willfully (you do it deliberately or intentionally, to cause damage or harm to something or somebody, in a negative context). He willfully ignored restrictions and entered the supermarket without wearing a mask.

[@viktoriyamochalova5047]

Undoubtedly, taking in a lot of sugar can contribute to increase your risk of diabetes. Does it sound correct?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍

[@chichobrownsandvideo6164]

Has every adverbs you have taught us as their owns meaning?? I mean, they’re intransitive words. Isn’t it??

[@user-iz8ul2me1q]

Ihave to reluctantly admit that i think deceptively difficult means that you think it is difficult while actually it isn't.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It can have both meanings depending on the context.

[@franciscopontesvelasco4315]

Romario was undoubtedly the best striker of his generation. I reluctantly have to stay in for a couple of days. Unfortunately i'm not a yammy bastard, sevilla vs West Ham in Europe League good luck

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks. Sevilla are the king's if the Europa League 😬

[@franciscopontesvelasco4315]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. U managed to beat Seville fair and square

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes! Let's see if we can get to the semifinal to play against Barca! 😬

[@franciscopontesvelasco4315]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Maybe Frankfurt will beat Barcelona, I don't think so but who knows lol. Good luck

[@ArtigoUm]

hi teacher, nineteen its very old isnt'

[@Anna-mc3ll]

PS: I guess the preposition “about” in one of the sentences I shared in the comments yesterday is unnecessary (or even incorrect?). It probably should be: “Laura’s husband was awfully sorry for having forgotten her birthday”, not “[…] about her birthday.” On the other hand, can I use the word “admirer” as a synonym for “lover” in the sentence “Much to her embarrassment, Julia’s secret lover unabashedly declared in front of her friends how fondly he loved her”, in order to avoid the repetition of two words with the same root, i.e., “lover” and “loved”? Please do let me know if there are any mistakes in these sample sentences. I would honestly appreciate it! Kind regards, Anna

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

'about' is fine in that sentence. You can use 'admirer' but that changes the meaning of the sentence.

[@Anna-mc3ll]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you for your reply! What if I leave out the adjective “secret” in “secret lover” and substitute it for “admirer”? Would this still have a very different meaning? If so, which word can I use synonymously for “secret lover”, in order to avoid the coincidence of two words with the same root in one and the same sentence, i. e., “lover” and “love”? Regards, Anna

[@Charmed_]

I had to rewind the video and watch it again because I was distracted by how handsome you are😶

[@cosettadc8486]

I think your last example should be DECEPTIVELY ESASY!! IT seems or looks easy but it's not. 🤔😊

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It has both meanings 👍

[@kentclark1969]

The word "deceptively" is deceptively puzzling to me. I mean it generally means the adj it describes isn't exactly what it means, but it can either be "deceptively simple" (not simple) or "deceptively dangerous" (more dangerous than it seems). Like da heck?

[@agustinarcusa7696]

Real madrid are better than West ham or Real madrid is better than West Ham?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😆 Neither! West Ham are better than Real Madrid (BrE) West Ham is better than Real Madrid (AmE)

[@agustinarcusa7696]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. thank you!

[@nd8443]

Then the exam was deceptively easy= difficult. If it is deceptively difficult, it is not difficult!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It can have both meanings: grammarist.com/usage/deceptively/

[@nd8443]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. what an ambiguous word, then! Thanks for the link!

[@silviagenova5820]

I don `t understand. Shouldn’t `t it be deceptively easy? …to mean that in the reality it´s difficult?

[@ladynana9506]

Some words bit hard to pronounce.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You can use them in the writing paper! 🙂

[@moldprintsrl]

Utterly depressed after watching this video : ) I just realised that I wasted £165 today by booking my exam for next month , what a fool

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Why?

[@moldprintsrl]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. i foolishly believed that I'm ready for the exam but i'm not . Yesterday I purchased few CAE books and will browse your channel head to toe so I can still see some light at the end of tunnel considering the exam is in 3 weeks time . I particularly struggle at spelling.. Good luck to everyone and thanks a lot Ben !

[@oleggorsky9131]

Someday you’ll say you were blissfully unaware that Europe should have supported Ukraine. But it’ll be too late because you’ll have to support yourself after your blissfully unaware world falls into pieces.

[@martinjokes1610]

I am awfully sorry

[@HerrKlausTrophobie]

Why do you Talk about Madrid as Them? Is it not one team? A team? The Team of Madrid. Madrid is better than westhams

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

In British English we refer to a team in the plural form

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

In British English we refer to a team in the plural form

[@martinjokes1610]

It's awfully out of a date