"Didn't she look beautifully upon the occasion of her wedding?" No;
she looked beautiful.
"The sun shines brightly." Bright is the better word.
"The child looks cold," refers to the condition of the child. "The
lady looked coldly upon her suitor," refers to the manner of looking.
"The boy feels warm" is correct. "The boy feels warmly the rebuke of
his teacher" is equally correct.
While license is granted to the poets to use the adjective for the
adverb, as in the line
"They fall successive and successive rise,"
in prose the one must never be substituted for the other.
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"Agreeably to my promise, I now write," not "Agreeable to my promise."
"An awful solemn funeral," should be "An awfully solemn funeral."
"He acts bolder than was expected," should be "He acts more boldly."
"Helen has been awful sick, but she is now considerable better."
"Helen has been very ill, but she is now considerably better."
Do not use coarser for more coarsely, finer for more finely, harsher
for more harshly, conformable for conformably, decided for decidedly,
distinct for distinctly, fearful for fearfully, fluent for fluently.
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