Adverbs of Degree

Adverbs of Degree: stand before adjective

Very                He’s very intelligent
Too/qua          It’s too hot
Fairly/hoi,kha He’s fairly intelligent
Pretty             He’s pretty intelligent
Rather          He’s rather hot
Quite/hoan toan          He’s quite intelligent
Extremely/qua muc     It’s extremely hot
Really/that                It’s really hot
Barely/vua du
A bit
So …That/den noi        It’s so hot that I have to stay at home
Such … That/den noi It’s such a hot day that I have to stay home

   We had rather bad weather.
   The food was rather expensive.
   Her cooking is rather good actually.
   The food was pretty good.
   That Ferrari is incredibly expensive.
   The hotel was a bit disappointing, actually.
   I thought she looked a bit unhappry.

Almost/nearly
   It's almost/nearly five o'clock. (=it is probably about 4.57)
   I almost/nearly lost the match. (=I won but only just; only by a small amount)
Hardly
   Hardly + a positive often has the same meaning as almost + a negative.
   I hardly had anything to eat for lunch. (= I had almost nothing)
   She could hardly walk after her operation. (= she almost couldn't walk)

Alphabetical list of common single-word degree adverbs:
almost
absolutely
awfully*
badly*
barely
completely
decidedly
deeply
enough
enormously
entirely
extremely
fairly
far
fully
greatly
hardly
highly
how
incredibly
indeed
intensely
just
least
less
little
lots
most
much
nearly
perfectly
positively
practically
pretty*
purely
quite
rather
really
scarcely
simply
so
somewhat
strongly
terribly*
thoroughly
too
totally
utterly
very
virtually
well

*informal