Le plus/Le moins = The most/the least (Superlative with Adverbs in French)

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In French, to form the Superlatif of adverbs, you use a similar structure as with the Superlatif of adjectives.

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Look at these cases of adverbs in the Superlatif:

Marie chante le plus fortMarie sings the loudest.

Marc est celui qui mange le plus bruyamment.Marc is the one who eats the loudest.

Je suis celui qui a couru le moins vite.I am the one who ran the least fast.

Cet ordinateur marche le moins bien.This computer works the least well.

To form the Superlatif of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlatif of adjectives, EXCEPT that
you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender).
Jeanne parle le plus doucement.Jeanne speaks the most softly.
You NEVER say  ''Jeanne parle la plus doucemente.''


Here are other Superlative structures:
Le/la/les plus and Le/la/les moins = The most and the least (Superlative with Adjectives in French)
Le plus/Le moins = The most/the least (Superlative with Verbs in French)
Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (irregular comparatives and superlatives)

And Comparative structures:
Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (Comparisons in French)
De plus en plus / De moins en moins + [adverbe/adjectif/verbe] = more and more / less and less + [adverb/adjective/verb] (Comparisons in French)
De plus en plus de / de moins en moins de + [nom] = more and more / less and less + [nouns] (Comparisons in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adjectives in French)
Plus ... que/Moins ... que/Aussi ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As ... as (Comparisons with Adverbs in French)
Plus que/Moins que/Autant que = More than/Less than/As much as (Comparisons with Verbs in French)
Plus de ... que/Moins de ... que/Autant de ... que = More ... than/Less ... than/As much/many ... as (Comparisons with Nouns in French)

 

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Je suis celui qui a couru le moins vite.I am the one who ran the least fast.
Jeanne parle le plus doucement.Jeanne speaks the most softly.
Marie chante le plus fortMarie sings the loudest.
Cet ordinateur marche le moins bien.This computer works the least well.
Je le ferai jeudi au plus tard.I'll do it on Thursday at the latest.
Marc est celui qui mange le plus bruyamment.Marc is the one who eats the loudest.
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