tags: #publish links: [[Wordplay]] created: 2021-09-01 Wed --- # Adverb puns (Well, in *most* cases they're adverbs.) ## Written by other people "Ruth has left me," Tom said **ruthlessly**. "I can't believe I ate that whole pineapple!" Tom said **dolefully**. "I dropped the toothpaste," Tom said, **crestfallen**. "That's the last time I pet a lion," Tom said **offhandedly**. "We don't have a homerun hitter," Tom said **ruthlessly**. "I'll dig another ditch around the castle," Tom said **remotely**. "I keep shocking myself," said Tom, **revolted**. "I shouldn't sleep on railroad tracks," said Tom, **beside himself**. "My steering wheel won't turn," Tom said **straightforwardly**. "I've lost a lot of weight," Tom **expounded**. "It's cold out today," said Tom, **icily**. "I keep banging my head on things," Tom said **bashfully**. "I'll have to telegraph him again," Tom said **remorsefully**. "I can't get down from the mountain!" Tom **alleged**. "Let's play a C, E, and G," said Tom's band, **in accord**. "You call this a musical?" asked **Les miserably**. "I must make the fire hotter!" Tom **bellowed**. *Credit: some of those above are from an ABC Book Club post.* ## My own "Let's start a band", said Stuart, **adamantly**. "They can't just show ads for our competitors on our free page, that's basically extortion", Tom **yelped**. "You just mark the boxes on the form with an X", Tom said **crossly**. "Even I don't know, there could have been 3 of them, or maybe 5, or 7", Tom confirmed, **oddly**. "This wordgame is rather dicey", Tom **boggled**. "Oh come on bro please no more fairytales!" Tom grumbled **grimmly**. "There's so many good movie adaptations coming out", Tom **marveled**. "I'm taking up woodcarving", Tom said **craftily**. "...and they refused to give me asylum there any longer!" - Julian concluded his story, **disconsolately**.