| Page 4 - Selective Adverbs Having Mostly Negative Connotations | |||
| Word | Modifies | Used in a Sentence | Definitions |
| 49. costively | verb | He costively solved problems | slow; sluggish; stingy |
| 50. cowardly | verb | He cowardly cringed under his bed. | particularly ignoble fear |
| 51. cravenly | verb | Cravenly he crept away. | characterized by abject fear |
| 52. crookedly | verb | He crookedly swindled the lady. | dishonest or unscrupulous. fraudulent |
| 53. crudely | verb | She crudely punished the children. | Lacking taste, tact or refinement |
| 54. cruelly | verb | The officer treated the men cruelly | disposed to inflict pain; causing suffering |
| 55. cunningly | verb | She cunningly lied about her activities. | marked by artful subtlety and deceptiveness |
| 56. curtly | verb | He curtly replied to our question. | rudely brief or abrupt; gruff; tactless |
| 57. deadly | adjective | It was a deadly serious situation. | to an extreme; suggested death |
| 58. deceitfully | verb | She deceitfully avoided the truth. | given to cheating or deceiving; dishonest |
| 59. deceptively | verb | She deceptively described the situation. | In a deceiving manner |
| 60. defiantly | verb | They defiantly refused to leave. | boldly resisting; intentionally contemptuous |
| 61. deleteriously | verb | It deleteriously caused many problems. | having a harmful effect; injurious |
| 62. derisively | verb | They derisively answered our objections. | mocking; jeering |
| 63. desolately | adjective | it was a desolately dingy cottage. | dreary; dismal; bereft of hope |
| 64. despondently | verb | She despondently spoke of her loss. | feeling hopelessness; forlorn, heartbroken |
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