Adverbs generally modify something (often verbs, hence the name "adverb", but also other adverbs and entire verb phrases). Directional adverbs or locative adlocative verbs (home, here, downhill) specify the direction or location of some action; degree degree adverbs (extremely, very, somewhat) specify the extent of some action, process, or property; manner adverbs (slowly, slinkily, delicately) describe the manner of some manner action or process; and temporal adverbs describe the time that some action or event temporal took place (yesterday, Monday).