➡ approximately
- What time are we meeting, approximately?
➡ beforehand -
- The exam starts at 9 am but make sure you arrive beforehand.
➡ deliberately -
- It wasn’t an accident! You deliberately threw that egg at me!
- I was hit by the driver deliberately.
(or: I was hit by the driver ON PURPOSE)
➡ frankly -
- Do you like me?
- Frankly speaking, I hate you.
➡ gradually
- Your English is gradually getting better. But you need to practice more.
(or: your English is getting better bit by bit)
➡ incredibly
- That game we played in class yesterday was incredibly pointless.
➡ instantly
- He was shot in the head and died instantly.
➡ nevertheless
-I know it’s raining but we should cook shashlik nevertheless!
➡ partly
- The fact that I love spending my time with chickens is only partly true.
➡ precisely
- We have an important meeting and it’s crucial to arrive precisely at 12 noon.
➡ relatively -
- School today was relatively boring.
➡ slightly
- Don’t worry, you only slightly burned dinner but we can still eat it.
➡ utterly -
-Today’s grammar lesson was utterly pointless.
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