Adverbs and

Adjectives
75 Useful Adverb Adjective
Collocations
Adverbs and Adjectives! List of common
adverb adjective collocations in English
with examples and ESL pictures. Learn
these adverb and
adjective collocations to improve your
fluency in English.

Adverbs and Adjectives

List of Adverb Adjective
Collocations
 Absolutely necessary
 Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
alone
 Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
amazed
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
appalled
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
beautiful
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
convinced
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
devastated
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
fantastic
 Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
furious
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
impossible
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
miserable
 Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
ridiculous
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
stupid
 Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
wrong
 Bitterly cold
 Bitterly complain
 Bitterly criticise
 Bitterly disappointed
 Bitterly regret
 Bitterly resent
 Deeply affected
Deeply ashamed

 Deeply care
 Deeply committed
 Deeply competitive
 Deeply concerned
 Deeply divided
 Deeply hurt
 Deeply moved
 Deeply offended
 Deeply regrettable
 Deeply religious
 Deeply shocked
 Deeply unhappy
 Deeply worried
 Highly controversial
 Highly effective
 Highly probable
 Highly profitable
 Highly recommended
 Highly successful
 Highly unlikely
 Highly unusual
 Ridiculously cheap
 Ridiculously early
 Ridiculously easy
 Ridiculously long
 Ridiculously small
 Ruggedly handsome
 Scared stiff
 Strongly opposed
 Actively involved
 Badly hurt
 Blissfully unaware
 Blissfully ignorant
 Completely amazed
 Completely different
 Completely fantastic
 Completely strong
 Dead tired
 Drop-dead gorgeous
 Fiercely competitive
 Fully aware
 Happily married
 Painfully shy
 Painfully thin
 Perfectly normal
 Pretty good
 Quietly confident
 Quite good
 Quite sure
 Readily available
 Reasonably happy
 Reasonably priced
 Reasonably well
Adverb Adjective Collocations
with Examples
Adverb Adjective Collocations:
Absolutely/ Utterly + Adjective
Absolutely necessary
The police are advising motorists to
travel only if their journey
is absolutely necessary.
Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
alone
He’s not just anti-social;
he’s absolutely alone.
Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
amazed
I’m absolutely amazed as a
basketball coach, he said.
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
appalled
I’m absolutely appalled, but it
doesn’t surprise me.
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
beautiful
She always looks absolutely
beautiful.
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
convinced
I am not absolutely
convinced that the match incident
is worth the footage involved.
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really) We bitterly regret what happened
devastated this morning at both Paddington and
I’m sure he’ll bounce back, but he’ll King’s Cross.
be absolutely devastated. Bitterly resent
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really) For one thing, many ManU fans
fantastic still bitterly resent his takeover.
He was absolutely fantastic. Adverb Adjective Collocations:
Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
Deeply + Adjective
furious
Deeply affected
He is absolutely furious and he
The train system has been deeply
wants to get even.
affected.
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
Deeply ashamed
impossible
I am deeply ashamed of what I
In the face of all this, it
have done.
is absolutely impossible to say
Deeply care
what will happen.
Just because he doesn’t devote all
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
his time to you doesn’t mean he
miserable
doesn’t deeply care about you.
If you’re absolutely miserable at
Deeply committed
work, then your boss will be able to
It was a deeply
tell.
committed performance.
Absolutely/utterly (quite, really)
Deeply competitive
ridiculous
He is deeply competitive and
It is absolutely ridiculous and
quite motivated.
totally absurd.
Deeply concerned
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
We are deeply concerned about
stupid
the future.
“You’d be absolutely stupid to
Deeply divided
vote for me because of my name,”
The issue has created a deeply
she says.
divided nation.
Absolutely/utterly(quite, really)
wrong Deeply hurt
She was deeply hurt if a man
The detention of children
wasn’t exclusively involved with her.
is absolutely wrong.
Deeply moved
Adverb Adjective Collocations: He was deeply moved and
Bitterly + Adjective saddened, I could see.
Bitterly cold Deeply offended
It’s a bitterly cold wind. I was, quite naturally, deeply
Bitterly complain offended.
When he heard of it afterward, Deeply regrettable
he bitterly complained that he My insensitive comment was deeply
had been deceived. regrettable.
Bitterly criticise Deeply religious
The decision was bitterly She was deeply religious from
criticised by the Sydney press. early childhood.
Bitterly disappointed Deeply shocked
His parents had been bitterly I was deeply shocked when I
disappointed at his divorce. heard about it, particularly the way
Bitterly regret that it happened.
Deeply unhappy
I was deeply unhappy.
Deeply worried
This has many multinational
executives deeply worried.
Adverb Adjective Collocations:
Highly + Adjective
Highly controversial
This topic is highly
controversial and very difficult.
Highly effective
The secession campaign was
also highly effective.
Highly probable
Success is highly probable.
Highly profitable
It is a low-profile but highly
profitable enterprise.
Highly recommended
The restaurant comes highly
recommended.
Highly successful
This coal pipeline has been highly
successful.
Highly unlikely
It is highly unlikely that he’ll be
late.
Highly unusual
We’ve not had any snow yet, which
is highly unusual.
Adverb Adjective Collocations:
Ridiculously + Adjective
Ridiculously cheap
“They have a bunch of great vintage
furniture shops, and it
was ridiculously cheap,” he said.
Ridiculously early
September is a ridiculously
early time to panic in a long season.
Ridiculously easy
A hard workout for one person can
be ridiculously easy for another.
Ridiculously long
It was ridiculously
long, absurdly perfect, and
alarmingly beautiful.
Ridiculously small
National elections are rare, so we
have ridiculously small sample
sizes.
Adverbs and Adjectives
Combinations
List of useful adverb adjective
collocations in English with
examples.
Ruggedly handsome
More important, my wife was above
ground chatting with a ruggedly
handsome tour guide.
Scared stiff
I’m not scared stiff, I’ll be anything
but scared.
Strongly opposed
I’m strongly opposed to capital
punishment.
“Very, extremely, incredibly,
terribly, awfully, fairly, a bit,
quite, really +
weak/good/surprised/angry
Housing prices are still extremely
weak.
Actively involved
He’s been actively involved in
politics for 30 years.
Badly hurt
He was badly hurt.
Blissfully unaware
Harry was blissfully unaware that
he was in danger.
Blissfully ignorant
While her husband had affairs with
other women, she lived in blissful
ignorance.
Completely amazed
Alaudin started telling me his
father’s story and I was completely
amazed.
Completely different
That’s a completely
different subject.
Completely fantastic
Completely fantastic and
interesting and complicated things!
Completely strong
“I feel physically completely
strong and emotionally completely
exhausted,” she said
Dead tired
I am dead tired.
Drop-dead gorgeous
For me, they bring to mind
the drop-dead
gorgeous mountains.
Fiercely competitive
Companies have been fiercely
competitive since.
Fully aware
I am fully aware that there are
serious problems.
Happily married
I’m happily married, with children.
Painfully shy
When I was a kid I was painfully
shy, so it was hard for me to make
friends.
Painfully thin
She looked painfully thin.
Perfectly normal
It’s perfectly normal to feel like
this.
Pretty good
Your script was pretty good but I
have some suggestions.
Quietly confident
I’m quietly confident that Arsenal
can get a result.
Quite good
I am quite good at various
activities, such as painting and
photography.
Quite sure
Are you quite sure she won’t
mind?
Readily available
Boats are readily available to
visitors.
Reasonably happy
She seems reasonably happy in
her new job.
Reasonably priced
The apartments are reasonably
priced.
Reasonably well
The hostages had been reasonably
well cared for.