French Superlatives - Comparing with Adverbs

French superlatives with adverbs are very similar to the ones with adjectives. Once again, there are three parts: definite article le, superlative word (either plus or moins), and adverb. For example:

Adverb: prudemment (carefully)
   le plus prudemment (the most carefully)
   le moins prudemment (the least carefully)

Note: The above is true for all adverbs except bien, which has a special superlative form for superiority.

But there are some differences:

1. Adverbs don't agree with the words they modify, so the definite article in superlatives doesn't either - it is always le.
    
2. Superlative adverbs always follow the verbs they modify.
    
3. Because they follow the verb, superlatives with adverbs never have two definite articles, the way they sometimes do with adjectives.

Superlative constructions with adverbs

1. Adverb on its own

   David écrit le plus lentement.
   David writes the most slowly.

   Qui travaille le moins efficacement ?
   Who works the least efficiently?

2. Adverb with de

   David écrit le plus lentement de mes étudiants.
   David writes the most slowly of my students.

   Qui travaille le moins efficacement de ce groupe ?
   Who works the least efficiently in this group?

3. Adverb with clause

   Voici le musée que je visite le plus souvent.
   Here's the museum I visit most often.

   Jean est l'étudiant qui travaille le moins efficacement.
   Jean is the student who works least efficienctly.


French comparatives and superlatives
Introduction to superlatives
Superlatives with adjectives
Superlatives with adverbs
Superlatives with nouns
Superlatives with verbs