Learn 500 Essential Korean Adverbs by Theme Part9. Certainty & Guess (확신과 추측)

 ✔ 9. 확신과 추측 (Certainty & Guess)

Master 500 Basic Korean Adverbs with English and Romanization

This list presents 500 of the most useful Korean adverbs, organized into 10 everyday themes such as time, place, frequency, manner, emotion, quantity, negation, and more. Each word includes its original Korean form (Hangul), Romanized spelling, and English meaning. For example: 지금 (jigeum) means “now,” and 천천히 (cheoncheonhi) means “slowly.”

Adverbs are essential in making your Korean sentences more natural, expressive, and accurate. By learning them in themes, such as “Time” or “Negation,” you’ll quickly recognize how adverbs function in context — whether it’s describing how often something happens (자주 – jaju – often) or how something is done (정확히 – jeonghwakhi – accurately).

Romanization follows the official Revised Romanization system, so pronunciation is easy to follow, even for those who are new to reading Hangul.

This collection is perfect for beginner and intermediate learners looking to expand their sentence-building skills. You can use it for grammar practice, conversation drills, or flashcards. It’s also great for improving listening comprehension in K-dramas and real-life dialogue.

By mastering these adverbs, you’ll gain confidence expressing time, degree, attitude, and much more in Korean.

✔ 9. 확신과 추측 (Certainty & Guess)

1. 확실히 – hwaksilhi – certainly
2. 분명히 – bunmyeonghi – clearly / definitely
3. 반드시 – bandeushi – surely / without fail
4. 틀림없이 – teullimeopsi – undoubtedly
5. 물론 – mullon – of course
6. 당연히 – dangyeonhi – naturally / obviously
7. 어쩌면 – eojjeomyeon – maybe / perhaps
8. 혹시 – hoksi – by any chance
9. 아마 – ama – probably / maybe
10. 아마도 – amado – perhaps / probably
11. 추측건대 – chucheukgeondae – supposedly / presumably
12. 설마 – seolma – no way / hardly
13. 대체로 – daechero – generally / roughly
14. 보통 – botong – usually / generally
15. 대략 – daeryak – approximately
16. 대충 – daechung – roughly
17. 어림잡아 – eorimjaba – roughly estimated
18. 확연히 – hwagyeonhi – obviously / distinctly
19. 명백히 – myeongbaekhi – clearly / evidently
20. 자명하게 – jamyeonghage – self-evidently
21. 필시 – pilssi – without doubt
22. 진심으로 – jinsimeuro – sincerely
23. 정말로 – jeongmallo – truly / really
24. 진짜로 – jinjjaro – really / genuinely
25. 실제로 – siljero – actually
26. 현실적으로 – hyeonsiljeogeuro – realistically
27. 실질적으로 – siljiljeogeuro – substantially
28. 논리적으로 – nonlijeogeuro – logically
29. 직감적으로 – jikgamjeogeuro – intuitively
30. 대범하게 – daebeomhage – boldly
31. 일리가 있게 – illiga itge – plausibly
32. 가능성 있게 – ganeungseong itge – potentially
33. 개연성 있게 – gaeyeonseong itge – likely
34. 우연히 – uyeonhi – by chance
35. 다분히 – dabunhi – quite possibly
36. 약간은 – yakganeun – somewhat
37. 어느 정도는 – eoneu jeongdoneun – to some extent
38. 일단 – ildan – first (tentatively)
39. 얼핏 – eolpit – at a glance
40. 언뜻 – eontteut – briefly / faintly
41. 기껏해야 – gikkeothaeya – at best
42. 아무래도 – amuraedo – no matter how you look at it / probably
43. 왠지 – wenji – somehow
44. 가령 – garyeong – for example / let’s say
45. 예컨대 – yekeondae – for instance
46. 일종의 – iljong-ui – a kind of
47. 어쨌든 – eojjaetdeun – anyway / in any case
48. 아무튼 – amuteun – anyway / whatever
49. 대강 – daegang – roughly / loosely
50. 결론적으로 – gyeollonjeogeuro – in conclusion