senza eleganza senza complicazioni senza dubbio inelegantly uncomplicatedly undoubtedly a poco a poco a volte in ritardo in tempo di solito di sicuro little by little sometimes late on time usually surely/certainly Anna veste  con eleganza. Spieghi tutto  senza complicazioni. A volte  non capisco quello che dice. Anna dresses elegantly. You explain everything uncomplicatedly. Sometimes I don’t understand what he says. There are also a number of adverbial expressions that use other prepositions than  con . Here are some of the most common: Another adverbial expression that is sometimes used is  in modo / in maniera (i.e. ‘in a way’) followed by an adjective; the adjective is masculine when used with  modo  and feminine when used with  maniera : in modo vago / in maniera vaga in modo strano / in maniera strana in modo semplice / in maniera semplice vaguely/in a vague way strangely/in a strange way simply/in a simple way Risponde sempre in modo vago. Quel cane cammina in maniera strana. He/she always answers vaguely. That dog’s walking oddly/in a strange way. Change the adjectives into adverbs. Example: lento: lentamente Exercise 1 Unit 6 49 1 dolce 2 tranquillo 3 semplice 4 allegro 5 maggiore 6 irregolare 7 probabile 8 chiaro 9 facile 10 veloce 11 lento 12 utile 13 attento 14 rapido 15 leggero